Gerontology : perspectives and issues / Janet M. Wilmoth, Kenneth F. Ferraro, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wilmoth, Janet M. (Janet May)

Ferraro, Kenneth F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gerontology--United States.

Gerontology.

Older people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub., c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Designated a Doody's Core Title!. THE GROUNDBREAKING TEXT ON GERONTOLOGY, UPDATED TO ADDRESS THE INTERDISCIPLINARY NATURE OF THE STUDY OF AGING.: What is Gerontology?.; How Does Aging Affect the Mind and the Body?.; How Does Social Context Influence Aging and Life Course Development?.; What are the Needs and Interests of an Older Population?. These questions are sparking the most important research in gerontology, and this third edition of the perennial text brings the research and its resulting theories from across the various disciplines into one broad overview of gerontology. This interdisc

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: AGING SCHOLARSHIP; PART II: PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF AGING; PART III: SOCIAL ASPECTS OF AGING; PART IV: PUBLIC POLICY; Afterword; Subject Index; Name Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-81289-7

9786611812898

0-8261-0480-0

OCLC:

437109721