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Family Relationships in Later Life.

Directed towards researchers and practitioners in family studies and gerontology, this completely revised Second Edition of Family Relationships in Later Life provides an innovative new collection of research-based descriptions on family relations of older people. Each chapter summarizes existing li...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brubaker, Timothy H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1990.
Colección:Sage focus editions.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1
  • An Overview of Family Relationships in Later Life; Part I
  • Family Relationships; Chapter 2
  • Aging Couples and the Family System; Chapter 3
  • Sexuality and Marital Quality among Older Married Couples; Chapter 4
  • The Adult Child and Older Parents; Chapter 5
  • Sibling Interaction in Later Life; Chapter 6
  • Grandparent and Grandchild Relationships; Part II
  • Issues Related to Later-Life Family Relationships; Chapter 7
  • Sex Roles in the Older Family; Chapter 8
  • Widowhood: Loss, Change, and Adaptation.
  • Chapter 9
  • The Unmarried Elderly: Age, Sex, and EthnicityChapter 10
  • Elder Abuse: Myth and Reality; Chapter 11
  • Family Support in Relation to Health Problems of the Elderly; Chapter 12
  • Variations among the Elderly in Black, Hispanic, and White Families; Part III
  • Practice and Policy Issues; Chapter 13
  • Toward Understanding Health in Older Families Impacted by Catastrophic Illness; Chapter 14
  • Stress Perceived by Elderly Recipients of Family Care; References; About the Contributors.