Ageing in SocietyJohn Bond, Sheila M Peace, Freya Dittmann-Kohli, Gerben Westerhof SAGE, 22 feb 2007 - 384 páginas `Ageing in Society brings forth exciting new questions, fresh perspectives, and a necessary critical approach to key issues - this is indeed an authoritative introduction. The authors not only have made significant contributions to gerontology, but offer the reader considerations for what could be, not just what is, the design of old age in society. The book will inform students in ways that so many texts in the area, satisfied with comfortable bromides, do not′ - Jaber Gubrium, Editor of Journal of Aging Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia `This completely revised Third Edition of Ageing in Society presents one of the most comprehensive pictures of ageing today. Emphasising the dual processes of ageing societies and the experience of ageing, the book offers the reader - student or researcher alike - cogent discussions of the most up to date perspectives and evidence available. The contributors are all leading experts in their fields - comprising a range of important disciplines as they apply to ageing. Ageing in Society is a cutting edge text on one of the most important subjects facing the modern world - a must for all students of ageing′ - Mike Bury, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of London `The Third Edition of the comprehensive textbook Ageing in Society extends its scope to include continental Europe, allowing broader as well as deeper insights into recent trends in gerontology. Gerontologists and practitioners are urged not to stop reading before they have reached the insightful last chapter "Ageing into the future"!′ - Professor Dorly Deeg, Editor-in-Chief European Journal of Ageing The Third Edition of this popular and widely-used text provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of ageing, exploring the key theories, concepts and methods which the behavioural and social sciences contribute to the subject. Thoroughly revised and updated, Ageing in Society reflects new trends in gerontology, incorporating recent developments in theory and research as well as major international and interdisciplinary perspectives. A new chapter on cognitive ageing has been added and key themes, such as social protection, retirement, health and illness, and cultural images of old age are also critically examined. Ageing in Society was developed by the British Society of Gerontology to fulfil the need for an authoritative introduction to social gerontology. As such, it is an ideal resource for students and lecturers in the social and behavioural sciences, as well as for students and practitioners in health and social care. |
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... life in Germany. Use of time (in hours) by people aged 65 and older, living as a couple, with no children <18. Attended an educational or training course in the last month. Historical influences on theory development in environmental ...
... life course within such diverse societies. It is to these issues that we now turn briefly, before outlining how this text will approach the topic – ageing in society. Feminisation Whilst we can see that the increased life expectancy of ...
... life care will still remain and differences in life expectancy will continue ... course, gender forms only one aspect of diversity and it is important to ... life of disadvantage. In later life their situation is complex for they may ...
... course of evolution there has been the opportunity for random accumulation of late-acting deleterious mutations in ... life would be selected for, even if the same gene produced detrimental effects on fitness late in life. As an example ...
... course nature of the underlying mechanisms. Ageing is a continuous process, starting early and developing gradually, instead of being a distinct phase that begins in middle to late life ... lifestyle Figure 2.4 Recorded female life expectancy ...
Índice
Chapter 10 | 209 |
Chapter 11 | 235 |
Chapter 12 | 255 |
Chapter 13 | 268 |
Chapter 14 | 296 |
References | 309 |
Index | 354 |
Chapter 9 | 186 |
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