Aging, the Individual, and Society
ISBN: 9780495811664 | 0495811661
Edition: 9thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 3/11/2010
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This accessible book brings a social problems approach to the interdisciplinary study of gerontology. Academic research is combined with an empathetic view of the lives of older people to involve students emotionally and intellectually.
| Preface | |
| Aging in America | |
| Stereotypes and Images | |
| Theories in Adult Development | |
| Theories in Social Gerontology | |
| Friends, Family, and Community | |
| Intimacy and Sexuality | |
| Physical Health and Well-Being | |
| Work and Leisure | |
| Finances and Lifestyles | |
| Living Environments | |
| Mental Health | |
| The Oldest-Old and Caregiving | |
| Special Problems | |
| Ethnicity, Gender, and Culture | |
| Death and Dying | |
| Politics, Policies, and Programs | |
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