| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2013046946 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781452275888 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
305.260973 |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Moody, Harry R. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Aging : |
| Subtitle |
concepts and controversies |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Harry R. Moody, Jennifer R. Sasser |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition |
8th ed. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Los Angeles : |
| Publisher |
SAGE, |
| Date |
c2015. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Date |
©2015 |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxxiii, 565 p. : |
| Other Details |
col. ill.; |
| Size |
23 cm. |
| CONTENTS |
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| Contents |
Preface -- Prologue -- About the authors -- Basic concepts i. a life course perspective on aging -- Urban legends of aging : "respect for elders was higher in the past" -- Suggested readings -- Urban legends of aging: "religion is good for your health" -- Focus on the future: conscious aging -- Questions for writing, reflection, and debate -- Global perspective : blue zones for longer life -- Focus on the future : "I dated a cyborg!" -- Focus on the future : late-life learning in the information society -- Basic concepts II. Aging, health care, and society -- Urban legends of aging: health care costs are high because we spend most -- Of the money on old people in the last year of life -- Focus on the future : scenarios for rationing : fiction or forecast -- Urban legends of aging : only 4% of older people live in nursing homes -- Focus on practice : long-term-care insurance -- Focus on the future : genetic screening for alzheimer's disease -- Urban legends of aging : older people are more likely to be victims of crime -- Focus on practice : inheritance in an aging society -- Urban legends of aging : advance directives would have prevented the -- Tragic case of terri schiavo -- Urban legends of aging : the gray lobby has a stranglehold on aging -- Policy in the united states -- Focus on practice: intergenerational programs -- Urban legends of aging : social security is going broke : within a few -- Decades,there won't be any money to pay promised benefits -- Focus on practice : investment decisions for retirement income -- Epilogue: finding your place in an aging society -- Appendix. how to research a term paper in gerontology -- Glossary -- Bibliography 491 -- Photo credits 519 -- Index. |
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| Topical Heading |
Gerontology |
| Form |
United States |
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| Topical Heading |
Aging |
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United States |
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| Name |
Sasser, Jennifer R. |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/mg2569xm4dpkwl9i9azs5heb88zt0fh5 |
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Location Map |
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