The common images of age--the 'greedy geezer' and the 'suitcase granny'--are, Koch shows, constructions with little basis in reality.
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TOM KOCH is a writer and researcher specializing in medical ethics and in public information theory. He is an adjunct professor of gerontology at Simon Fraser University and an associate of the Center on Aging, University of Hawaii. This is the third book in his trilogy on age and elder care
the earlier volumes are Mirrored Lives: Aging Children and Elderly Parents (Praeger, 1990) and A Place in Time: Care Givers for Their Elderly (Praeger, 1993).
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We do not like our seniors, nor do we understand them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
greedy geezer, aging children Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Holly Treeson, Sherry Busch, Jake Epp, Jennifer Lamm, Randolph Lamm, Heather Grissom, Social Security, Elizabeth Greer, Tim Harding, Daniel Callahan, Simone de Beauvoir, Staten Island, Tom Koch, Alex Sarnoff, Long Beach, Canadian Journal, North Carolina, Regent Park, Tina Harding, Erik Erikson, World War, Aunt Sarah, Jack Kevorkian, Jackson's Bakery New!
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We do not like our seniors, nor do we understand them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
greedy geezer, aging children Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Holly Treeson, Sherry Busch, Jake Epp, Jennifer Lamm, Randolph Lamm, Heather Grissom, Social Security, Elizabeth Greer, Tim Harding, Daniel Callahan, Simone de Beauvoir, Staten Island, Tom Koch, Alex Sarnoff, Long Beach, Canadian Journal, North Carolina, Regent Park, Tina Harding, Erik Erikson, World War, Aunt Sarah, Jack Kevorkian, Jackson's Bakery New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Mirrored Lives: Aging Children and Elderly Parents by Thomas Koch on 5 pages
- God Knows by Joseph Heller on 4 pages
- The Life Cycle Completed (Extended Version) by Erik H. Erikson on 4 pages
- Setting Limits: Medical Goals in an Aging Society with "A Response to My Critics" by Daniel Callahan on 4 pages
- The Coming of Age by Patrick O'Brian on 4 pages
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- Ethics, Law, and Aging Review, Volume 7: Liability Issues and Risk Management in Caring for Older Persons by Marshall Kapp JD MPH FCLM in Back Matter
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