Enduring questions in gerontology / edited by Debra J. Sheets, Dana Burr Bradley, Jon Hendricks.
| Other author | Sheets, Debra J. |
| Other author | Bradley, Dana Burr. |
| Other author | Hendricks, Jon, 1943- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Springer Pub. Co., |
| Description | xvi, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Prologue: finding new beacons: searching for timeless and interdisciplinary perspectives / George L. Maddox -- Identifying enduring questions in gerontology / Jon Hendricks, Debra Sheets, and Dana Burr Bradley -- A biologist's perspective: whence come we, where are we, whither go we? / Steven N. Austad -- New avenues, new questions, and changing perspectives in geriatric medicine / Kenneth Brummel-Smith -- New avenues, new questions, and changing perspectives in geriatric medicine / Kenneth Brummel-Smith -- The analytic template in the psychology of aging / Manfred Diehl and Alissa Dark-Freudeman -- The dynamic nature of societal aging in a global perspective / Chris Phillipson -- Whatever happened to culture? / Christine L. Fry -- The contributions of philosophy and ethics in the study of age / Martha Holstein and Mark Waymack -- Historical gerontology: it is a matter of time / W. Andrew Achenbaum -- The purview and sweep of aging policy / Phoebe S. Liebig -- Epilogue: gerontology-past, present, and future / James E. Birren. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2005054063 |
| ISBN | 0826164153 |
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