Comprehensive multidisciplinary encyclopedia dealing with aging processes and older adults. Intended for "the educated inquirer who needs a brief authoritative introduction to key topics and issues in aging." Signed entries contain cross references. Contains lengthy bibliography. General index.
Its multidisciplinary coverage and scope of topics make this volume an invaluable reference for academic and public libraries. Americans are living longer, and the elder population is growing larger.
The Encyclopedia of Aging and the Elderly provides readers with a wealth of information about the medical, psychological and social aspects of aging. The volume opens with an introduction discussing the physical aspects of aging.
This eight-volume encyclopedia brings together a comprehensive collection of work highlighting established research and emerging science in all relevant disciplines in gerontology and population aging.
This one-volume resource captures some of the excitement of the research in the field in terms of new findings as well as conceptual developments guiding research, practice, and policy.
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Encyclopedia of Aging