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Aging and The Life CourseJill QuadagnoBooks |
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Gerontology John C. Cavanaugh
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As the baby boom generation ages, the number of older adults continues to increase at a dramatic rate. This trend has created a need for well-educated professionals in the rapidly expanding fields of psychology, social work, health care, education, public administration and policy, and human services. Because of this, the growth of courses in gerontology has created a demand for appropriate textbooks, particularly at the graduate level. Gerontology: An Interdisciplinary Perspective provides a thorough and broad-based survey of the current knowledge base and is the first gerontology text aimed at the graduate level. The authors of each chapter are leading experts in their respective fields. Topics covered include: theory; methodology; physiological processes; health; culture and ethnicity; dying and bereavement; basic cognitive processes; intellectual abilities; personality; assessment; mental health and intervention; caregiving; work, retirement and leisure; competency and nursing homes; and public policy issues. Each chapter reflects current trends and emerging issues, as well as a ... |
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Theodore GoldsmithAmazon.comKindle Store |
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Social Gerontology With Research Navigator Nancy R. Hooyman
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Gerontology for the Health Care Professional Regula H. Robnett
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Social Gerontology Nancy Hooyman
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Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Sixth Edition (Principles of Geriatric Medicine & Gerontology) Jeffrey Halter
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GerontologyMildred O. HogstelBooks |
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Gerontology Janet Wilmoth PhD
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An Introduction to GerontologyIan Stuart-HamiltonBooks |
Why do we age? How do we age? These questions have baffled scientists for centuries and remain unresolved. The answer to the “how” question is critical to our ability to successfully prevent and treat age-related diseases like cancer and heart disease that now cause the majority of all deaths in the developed world. Because of major difficulties in directly experimentally determining causes of aging, the answer to the “why” question is critical to guiding research efforts directed toward identifying and altering processes involved in age-related diseases. Evolution theory plays a critical role in the “why” issue because it attempts to explain why each living organism has its particular design and therefore why different species display different aging characteristics and different life spans. This short book describes the history and current status of attempts to explain why we age extending from Darwin’s 1859 theory to the present day. The author provides colorful and interesting descriptions of the theorists, their theories, the disc... |
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How New Thinking on Aging Will Change Your LifeAmazon.comGerontology |
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101 Careers in GerontologyC. Joanne Grabinski MA MA ABDBooks |
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