Aging: Culture, Health, and Social Change
- ISBN-10
- 1402001800
- ISBN-13
- 9781402001802
- Series
- Aging
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-11-30
- Publisher
- Springer Science & Business Media
- Authors
- David C. Thomasma, David N. Weisstub, S. Gauthier
Description
This is the first of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines contest some of the predominant paradigms on aging, and critically assess modern trends in social health policy.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-being
By Andrew WeilDraws on the latest medical research, as well as a combination of conventional and alternative approaches, to present a guide to healthy living that offers strategies to deal with physical, mental, and emotional problems that come with ...
-
Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime
By Aubrey de Grey, Michael RaeIn Ending Aging, Dr. de Grey and his research assistant Michael Rae describe the details of this biotechnology.
-
Aging
By Henri J. M. Nouwen, Walter J. GaffneyWe are all aging. We are each a spoke on the great wheel of life, part of the ongoing cycle of growth. In Aging, Henri J.M. Nouwen and Walter J....
-
Aging in Rural Places: Programs, Policies, and Professional Practice
By Kristina Michelle Hash, Elaine Theresa Jurkowski, PhDFragar, L., Strain, H. J., Perkins, D., Kelly, B., Fuller, J., Coleman, C., . . ., Wilson, J. M. (2010). Distress among rural residents: Does employment and occupa tion make a difference? Australian Journal of Rural Health, 18, 25–31.
-
Disrupt Aging: A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Age
By Jo Ann JenkinsThis book "sets out to change the current conversation about what it means to get older.
-
Productive Aging: An Occupational Perspective
By Marilyn B. Cole, Karen Crane MacdonaldRecognizing the unique identity of each older person, this text provides client-centered guidelines for maximizing function, independence, and wellness.
-
Public Health for an Aging Society
By Robert H. Binstock, Thomas R. Prohaska, Lynda A. AndersonThe emergence of an aging society in the United States has far-reaching consequences for every generation. This book provides the latest information and future directions for the public health of this growing population.
-
Leisure and Aging: Theory and Practice
By Jerome F. Singleton, Heather Julie GibsonWhither the mature market: An empirical examination of the travel motivations of neo-mature and veteran mature markets. Journal ofHospitality and Leisure Marketing, 8, 113-130. North Willamette Valley Habitat for Humanity News. (2010).
-
Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us about Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives
By David SnowdonA study of aging and its impact draws on research into the lives of hundreds of Catholic nuns to discuss the role of heredity in the aging process, how lifestyle influences chances for a vital old age, and related topics. • Why building ...
-
Social Policy for an Aging Society: A Human Rights Perspective
By Carole B. CoxThe text distinguishes between "needs" and "rights" and describes those policies and services that best ensure that the rights of older adults are actually metóparticularly programs that enable people to remain in their own communities so ...