Enduring Questions in Gerontology

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Debra J. Sheets, Dana Burr Bradley, PhD, Jon Hendricks, PhD
Springer Publishing Company, 2006 - 296 pàgines

Enduring Questions in Gerontology provides a comprehensive perspective on the abiding issues in gerontology. Both current and future gerontologists will find this book useful in examining emerging dilemmas and creating a context for further progress in the field of aging.

The most creative thinkers contributing to the gerontological literature reflect on their disciplines, consider how key questions have emerged, review how they have changed in the decades since gerontology entered the fray, and speculate what may lie ahead. The resulting collection of essays offers a comprehensive perspective on the enduring questions in gerontology and how they have shaped our understanding of differences in the experience of old age.



Key contributors to this volume include:
George L. Maddox
Christine L. Fry
Steven Austad
Kenneth Brummel-Smith
Manfred Diehl
Martha Holstein
W. Andrew Achenbaum
James E. Birren

As an emerging or seasoned scholar, you will find insights into the ways in which each disciplinary focus grapples with societal transitions, identifies emerging issues, and lays out strategies and salient perspectives for what should come next.

 

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Sobre l'autor (2006)

Dana Burr Bradley, PhD, is the director of the Center for Gerontology and the Cliff Todd Distinguished Professor of Gerontology at Western Kentucky University. Jon (Joe) Hendricks, PhD, is dean of the University Honors College, Oregon State University. He served as president of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), as chair of the sections on Sociology of Aging and Life Course, American Sociological Association, and Behavioral and Social Sciences, Gerontological Society of American.

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