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Handbook of minority aging / editors, Tamara A. Baker, Keith E. Whitfield ; volume associate editors, Cleopatra M. Abdou ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minority older people--United States.
- Minority older people.
- Aging--United States.
- Aging.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (589 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Springer Pub. Co., c2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text provides up-to-date, multidisciplinary, and comprehensive information about aging among diverse racial and ethnic populations in the United States. It is the only book to focus on paramount public health issues as they relate to older minority Americans, and addresses social, behavioral, and biological concerns for this population. The text distills the most important advances in the science of minority aging and incorporates the evidence of scholars in gerontology, anthropology, psychology, public health, sociology, social work, biology, medicine, and nursing. Additionally, the book
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Psychology of minority aging
- pt. 2. Public health/biology of minority aging
- pt. 3. Social work and minority aging
- pt. 4. Sociology of minority aging.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8261-0964-0
- OCLC:
- 853521299
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