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Aging : concepts and controversies / Harry R. Moody.
Holman Biotech Commons HQ1064.U5 M665 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moody, Harry R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gerontology--United States.
- Gerontology.
- United States.
- Aging--United States.
- Aging.
- Geriatrics.
- Aged.
- Medical Subjects:
- Geriatrics.
- Aged.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 475 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Fourth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Welcome to the world's most unique and dynamic textbook on aging. Widely praised and adopted, Harry "Rick" Moody has again presented the key concepts and controversies in an engaging and accessible fashion, supported with carefully chosen adapted readings, resulting in the most captivating introduction to gerontology available today.
- From the opening chapter, the author encourages students to see aging not as a fixed period of life but as a process beginning at birth and extending over the entire life course. The pedagogical design of this book focuses on controversies and questions rather than on assimilating facts or coming up with a single "correct" view about aging or older people. The readings are selected to highlight ongoing debates in the field and to stimulate students to think more deeply about what is at stake in the issues presented.
- Contents:
- Aging, health care, and society
- Should we ration health care for older people?
- Should families provide for their own?
- Should older people be protected from bad choices?
- Should people have the choice to end their lives?
- Social and economic outlook for an aging society
- Should age or need be the basis for entitlement?
- What is the future for Social Security?
- Is retirement obsolete?
- A life course perspective on aging
- Why do we grow old?
- Does creativity decline with age?
- Does old age have meaning?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-461) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0761987681
- OCLC:
- 48265536
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