Futures of Old Age
«`The greatest strengths of this book are it′s breadth of aging-related topics and its ability to provoke thought in the reader. The presentation of both British and American perspectives on elder issues will aid researchers in developing broader perspectives for their work and more sophisticated research questions. As lengthening life spans challenge society to extend it′s understanding of late-life development, issues of aging are becoming some of the most important for social scientists to examine, and The Futures of Old Age offers a significant contribution to this field of study.′ - PsychCritiques»
What is the future of old age? How will families, services, and economies adapt to an older population? This book places these questions in the context of social and political change, and assesses what the various futures of old age might be. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 272
- ISBN
- 9781412901079
- Utgivelsesår
- 2006
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
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«`The greatest strengths of this book are it′s breadth of aging-related topics and its ability to provoke thought in the reader. The presentation of both British and American perspectives on elder issues will aid researchers in developing broader perspectives for their work and more sophisticated research questions. As lengthening life spans challenge society to extend it′s understanding of late-life development, issues of aging are becoming some of the most important for social scientists to examine, and The Futures of Old Age offers a significant contribution to this field of study.′ - PsychCritiques»