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The challenges of aging / the editors of Salem Press.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Editors of Salem Press.
- Series:
- Sociology reference guide.
- Sociology Reference Guide
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aging.
- Older people.
- Old age.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iv, 72 pages) : color illustrations.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- This work is designed to provide a solid foundation for the research of various sociological topics. This volume offers an intriguing overview of sociology as it applies to the challenges of aging.
- Contents:
- Growing old : biological & physiological aging
- Growing old : psychological aging
- Growing old : social aging
- Aging challenges : ageism
- Age & social isolation
- Aging and culture, race & ethnicity
- Aging theory : social conflict analysis
- Aging theory : modernization theory
- Symbolic interaction analysis : activity theory
- The functionalist perspective : disengagement theory
- Elderly and technology
- Ethical issues of death & dying.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 4, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 9781429843539
- 1429843535
- OCLC:
- 960909570
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