Encyclopedia of Gerontology: Age, Aging, and the Aged - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123705304 ISBN 13: 9780123705303

Verlag: Academic Press Inc, 2006

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"A synopsis of the work suggests a conceptual shift from viewing aging as a disease to viewing it as an area of sophisticated inquiry related to humankind's longevity and quality of life. Summing Up: Essential. Lower-/upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, researchers/faculty, professionals/practitioners, and general readers."
--CHOICE, 2007

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Since the first edition, the research literature on aging continues to expand rapidly, reflecting both the rising interest of the scientific community and also the needs of a growing older population. In the year 1900, persons over 65 years of age were the smallest portion of developed societies. Today they are emerging as the largest.

Aging is a complex process of change involving influences of a biological, behavioral, social, and environmental nature, all of which are explored in the context of this encyclopedia. The second edition includes all new articles and wholly new coverage of topics that have seen research advances.

Also available online via ScienceDirect (2006) - featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options and availability visit www.info.sciencedirect.com.

• Organized alphabetically by article title
• Consolidates and summarizes pertinent findings while providing additional readings
• Breadth of coverage spans biology, psychology, social science, health science, and humanities
• Every article contains a definition paragraph and a glossary of unfamiliar terms
• Fully cross-referenced and contains a complete subject index
• Online availability via ScienceDirect

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• Verlag: Academic Press Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0123705304
• ISBN 13: 9780123705303
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1616
• Herausgeber: Birren James E., Rattan Suresh, Marshall Victor W., Cole Thomas R., Solomon David, Masoro Edward J., Schaie K Warner, Gutman Gloria