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Handbook of aging and the social sciences / edited by Linda K. George and Kenneth F. Ferraro ; associate editors Deborah Carr, Janet M. Wilmoth, and Douglas A. Wolf.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Handbooks of agingPublisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, 2016Edition: Eighth editionDescription: xviii, 531 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780124172357
  • 0124172350
Other title:
  • Aging and the social sciences
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WT30
Summary: Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Eighth Edition, presents the extraordinary growth of research on aging individuals, populations, and the dynamic culmination of the life course, providing a comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest research findings in the social sciences of aging. As the complexities of population dynamics, cohort succession, and policy changes modify the world and its inhabitants in ways that must be vigilantly monitored so that aging research remains relevant and accurate, this completely revised edition not only includes the foundational, classic themes of aging research, but also a rich array of emerging topics and perspectives that advance the field in exciting ways. New topics include families, immigration, social factors, and cognition, caregiving, neighborhoods, and built environments, natural disasters, religion and health, and sexual behavior, amongst others.
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General Book General Book Kuakarun Nursing Library WT30 H236 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 10000008938
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Preceded by Handbook of aging and the social sciences / editors, Robert H. Binstock and Linda K. George. 7th ed. 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Eighth Edition, presents the extraordinary growth of research on aging individuals, populations, and the dynamic culmination of the life course, providing a comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest research findings in the social sciences of aging. As the complexities of population dynamics, cohort succession, and policy changes modify the world and its inhabitants in ways that must be vigilantly monitored so that aging research remains relevant and accurate, this completely revised edition not only includes the foundational, classic themes of aging research, but also a rich array of emerging topics and perspectives that advance the field in exciting ways. New topics include families, immigration, social factors, and cognition, caregiving, neighborhoods, and built environments, natural disasters, religion and health, and sexual behavior, amongst others.

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