Handbook of aging and the social sciences /

Handbook of aging and the social sciences /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	6th ed.
Imprint:	Amserdam ; Boston : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, c2006.
Description:	xxv, 514 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Gerontology. Aging -- Social aspects. Life change events in old age. Older people -- Care. Aging -- Social aspects. Gerontology. Life change events in old age. Older people -- Care.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5844885

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Varying Form of Title:	Aging and the social sciences
Other authors / contributors:	Binstock, Robert H. George, Linda K. Cutler, Stephen J. Hendricks, Jon. Schulz, James H.
ISBN:	0120883880 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Table of Contents:

1. Aging and the Life Course
2. Modeling Time and Age: Concepts and Methods
3. Morbidity and Mortality Kenneth Land
4. Historical Perspectives on Aging
5. Migration and Immigration
6. Diversity and Aging Ronald Angel
7. Social Networks and Social Integration Nan Lin
8. A New Life Stage: The Third Agel Phyliss Moen
9. Stratification and the Life Course
10. Family Structure and Transfers
11. Social Relationships in Late Life
12. Older Workers
13. Economic Status of the Elderly
14. Health and Aging
15. Technological Change and Aging
16. Religion and Aging
17. Aging and Life Style
18. Quality of Life
19. Aging and Politics: An International Perspective
20. The Changing Public-Private Mix of Economic Support
21. The Organization and Financing of Health
22. Emerging Issues in Long-Term Care
23. Aging and the Law
24. Anti-Aging Medicine and Science: Social Implications
25. Aging and Justice