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  • Ethics, Aging, and Society

    The Critical Turn

    de Martha B. Holstein, PhD, Mark Waymack, PhD, Jennifer A. Parks, PhD ...
    "Ethics, Aging and Society...is the first major work in ten years to critically address issues and methodologies in aging and ethics...This well-organized volume begins theoretically and offers new ways of thinking about ethics that can handle the complexities and realities of aging in particular social contexts."--Choice"This new research-based book, by experts in the field of ethics, is ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD

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  • Dear Life

    On Caring for the Elderly

    de Karen Hitchcock ...
    In this short, powerful book, Karen Hitchcock shines a light on ageism in our society. Through some unforgettable case studies, she shows what care for the elderly and dying is really like – both the good and the bad. With honesty and deep experience, she looks at end-of-life decisions and over-treatment, frailty and dementia.Dear Life is a moving and controversial argument against the creeping ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • The Longevity Revolution

    The Benefits and Challenges of Living a Long Life

    de Robert N. Butler ...
    Pulitzer-prize winning author Dr. Robert Butler coined the term "ageism" and made "Alzheimer's" a familiar word. Now he brings his formidable knowledge and experience in aging issues to a recent and unprecedented achievement: the extension of human life expectancy by thirty years. As Butler shows, our society had not yet adapted to this change.The U.S. has not made a research investment in aging. ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences

    Edición de Linda George ...
    Series series Handbooks of Aging
    Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Seventh Edition, provides extensive reviews and critical evaluations of research on the social aspects of aging. It also makes available major references and identifies high-priority topics for future research. The book is organized into four parts. Part 1 reviews developments in the field of age and the life course (ALC) studies and presents guidelines ... Leer más

    $92.99 USD

  • Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 33, 2013

    Healthy Longevity

    Edición de Jean-Marie Robine, PhD, Carol Jagger, PhD, Eileen Crimmins, PhD ...
    Developed countries and certain regions of economically emerging nations have displaying a rapidly growing population of the oldest-oldónonagenarians, centenarians, and supercentenarians. As this trend continues, we must redirect some of our research on aging to the experience of advanced old age and discovering individual and community factors that improve the quality of life during this life ... Leer más

    $85.99 USD

  • Women and Positive Aging

    An International Perspective

    de Lisa Hollis-Sawyer, Amanda Dykema-Engblade ...
    Women and Positive Aging: An International Perspective presents the noted research in the fields of psychology, gerontology, and gender studies, reflecting the increasingly popular and pervasive positive aging issues of women in today's society from different cohorts, backgrounds, and life situations. Each section describes a bridge between the theoretical aspects and practical applications of the ... Leer más

    $53.99 USD

  • End-of-Life Care in Cardiovascular Disease

    Edición de Sarah J. Goodlin, Michael W. Rich ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    End-of-life issues in cardiology are becoming increasingly important in the management of patients in the cardiac unit, but there is frequently a lack of understanding regarding their impact on cardiology practice. The cardiac unit is increasingly becoming the location whereby a number of key clinical decisions relating to end-of-life care are being made, such as the decision to remove medications ... Leer más

    $89.09 USD

  • The Future of Aging

    Pathways to Human Life Extension

    de Gregory M. Fahy, L. Steven Coles, Stephen B. Harris, Michael D West ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Just as the health costs of aging threaten to bankrupt developed countries, this book makes the scientific case that a biological "bailout" could be on the way, and that human aging can be different in the future than it is today. Here 40 authors argue how our improving understanding of the biology of aging and selected technologies should enable the successful use of many different and ... Leer más

    $188.99 USD

  • The Effects of Aging and Environment on Vision

    Edición de Donald Armstrong, Michael F. Marmor, J. Mark Ordy ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book derives from a symposium conducted in San Francisco CA, entitled "Environmental Design for Optimum Vision in the Elderly" that was sponsored by the American Aging Association, October 11-12, 1985. Presentations from this symposium comprise the core content of this volume. However, manuscripts have also been accepted from additional authors whose topics and research findings increase the ... Leer más

    $89.09 USD

  • Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 32, 2012: Emerging Perspectives on Resilience in Adulthood and Later Life

    de Bert Hayslip, Jr., PhD, Gregory Smith, PhD ...
    This state-of-the science, multidisciplinary Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics provides a comprehensive examination of critical issues on resilience in a variety of life domains central to the well-being of older persons. It examines the role of resilience in determining adjustment and function in the domains of health, grief and bereavement, physical activity and functioning, ... Leer más

    $85.99 USD

  • Conceptual and Methodological Issues on the Adjustment to Aging

    Perspectives on Aging Well

    de Sofia von Humboldt ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book approaches the concept of adjustment to aging and endeavors to build reader understanding of this construct through a critical review and discussion. Once the reader understands the origins and nature of adjustment to aging, a second innovation encompasses the development of a proposed empirical model of adjustment to aging and the analysis of its components and correlates. Measures to ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 29, 2009

    Life-Course Perspectives on Late Life Health Inequalities

    de Toni C. Antonucci, PhD, James Jackson, PhD, Harvey Sterns, PhD ...
    It is increasingly recognized that an individual's experience of old age is fundamentally influenced by their earlier life experiences. This volume of the Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics begins with an overview of the theoretical underpinnings of both the Life Span and the Life Course perspectives on health disparities in aging populations, examining them in the context of a changing ... Leer más

    $72.99 USD