The field of gerontology, the study of aging, has emerged as an area of increasing importance. This book is an introduction to the multidisciplinary field of gerontology. The text, with its friendly narrative style, assumes no prior knowledge of gerontology, sociology, or psychology.
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No group in North America is changing as quickly as older people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
marginal capacity, material abuse, industrial gerontology, pure isolates, senile psychosis, tear theory, late paraphrenia, slow code, elder abuse Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Bureau of the Census, Native Americans, World War, North America, New York, Sun Belt, Great Depression, Older Americans Act, American Psychiatric Association, National Institute, Alice Kaiser, American Indians, Catastrophic Coverage, Los Angeles, North Carolina, Pacific Islander, Puerto Ricans, African Americans, National Council, South Carolina, The Gerontologist, Duke University, Gray Panthers, Journal of Gerontology New!
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- Geriatric Psychiatry by Ewald W. Busse in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Special Olympics (True Books: Sports) by Mike Kennedy on page 240
- Life of Johnson (Oxford World's Classics) by James Boswell on page 280
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- The Gerontologist as an Administrator: by Jeffrey A. Giordano in Front Matter
- That You May Live Long: Caring for Our Aging Parents, Caring for Ourselves by Hara Person (Editor) Richard F. Address (Editor) in Back Matter
- The Art of Growing Old by Carroll Saussy in Back Matter
- Social Gerontology by David E. Redburn in Back Matter
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