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The Realities of Aging
6th Edition
Cary Kart, Jennifer Kinney
0-205-31802-9
Hardback
571 pages
2000
Brief Description
A comprehensive, interdisciplinary introduction to the rapidly growing field of gerontology, this text provides the biological, psychological, and sociological aspects
of aging.
- Emphasizes diversity (gender, race, ethnicity and culture).
- New social psychology co-author, Kinney.
- Includes new perspectives such as humanistic and feminist gerontology and new issues such as Alzheimers and depression.
- New info on the professionalization of gerontology in the epilogue.
Features
Emphasizes diversity in the experience of aging as a function of cultural, social, racial/ethnic, and individual variability.
Takes a multidisciplinary approach.
Provides many examples of aging in other cultures.
Includes strong coverage of theories of aging.
Contains classic research in gerontology as well as emerging conceptualizations and areas of research.
All chapters conclude with “Summary”, “Study Questions”, and “References”.
Contents
Preface.
I. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF AGING.
1. First the Good News … the Myths of Aging.
2. The Study of Aging.
3. The Demography of Aging.
II. BIOMEDICAL ASPECTS OF AGING.
4. What Are the Results of Aging?
5. Why Do People Become Old?
6. Health Status of the Elderly.
III. AGING IN PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE.
7. Psychological Aspects of Aging.
8. Social Aspects of Aging.
9. Sociological Theories of Aging.
IV. THE AGED AND SOCIETY.
10. Aging and Family Life.
11. The Economics of Aging.
12. Work, Retirement and Leisure.
13. The Politics of Aging.
14. Religion and Aging.
V. SPECIAL ISSUES IN AGING.
15. Racial and Ethnic Aging.
16. Living Environments of the Elderly.
17. Long-Term Care
18. Health Policy and Aging.
19. Death and Dying
Glossary.
Index.
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