Aging: Concepts and Controversies
- ISBN-10
- 1483323218
- ISBN-13
- 9781483323213
- Series
- Aging
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 600
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-03-10
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Authors
- Harry R. Moody, Jennifer R. Sasser
Description
Presenting current research in an innovative format, Harry Moody and Jennifer Sasser’s Aging: Concepts and Controversies encourages students to become involved and take an informed stand on the major aging issues that we face as a society. Using their extensive expertise, the authors provide a thorough explanation of the issues in the Concepts sections and current research in the Controversy sections, demonstrating the close links between concepts and controversies in these broad areas of aging: health care, socioeconomic trends, and the life course.
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