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Handbook of aging and the social sciences /
"Provides a comprehensive summary and evaluation of recent research on the social aspects of aging"--Publisher description.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier/Academic Press,
2011.
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| Edición: | 7th ed. |
| Colección: | Handbooks of aging.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. 1: Theory and methods. Age, the life course, and the sociological imagination: prospects for theory / Dale Dannefer ; Aging, cohorts, and methods / Yang Yang
- pt. 2: Aging and social structure. Demography and aging / Linda G. Martin ; Trends in longevity and prospects for the future / S. Jay Olshansky ; Disability, functioning, and aging / Vicki A. Freedman ; Global aging / Elizabeth Frankenberg ; Duncan Thomas ; Racial and ethnic influences over the life course / James S. Jackson, Ishtar O. Govia, Sherrill L. Sellers ; Stratification and inequality over the life course / Scott M. Lynch, J. Scott Brown
- pt. 3: Social factors and social institutions. Health disparities among older adults: life course influences and policy solutions / Pamela Herd ; Stephanie A. Robert ; James S. House ; Molecular genetics, aging, and well-being: sensitive period, accumulation, and pathway models / Michael J. Shanahan ; Scott M. Hofer ; Social factors, depression, and aging / Linda K. George ; Economic status of the aged in the United States / Virgnia P. Reno ; Ben Veghte ; Employment and aging / Sara E. Rix ; The changing residential environments of older people / Stephen M. Golant ; Civic engagement and aging / Stephen J. Cutler, Jon Hendricks, Greg O'Neill ; Late-life death and dying in 21st-century America / Deborah T. Gold
- pt. 4: Aging and society. The political economy of pension reform in Europe / Martin Kohli, Camila Arza ; Politics and aging in the United States / Andrea L. Campbell, Robert H. Binstock ; The future of retirement security / John B. Williamson ; Organization and financing of health care / Marilyn Moon ; Long-term care financing, service delivery, and quality assurance: the international experience / Joshua M. Wiener ; Gender, aging, and social policy / Madonna Harrington Meyer, Wendy M. Parker ; Aging and social intervention: life course perspectives / Lisa F. Berkman, Karen A. Ertel, Maria M. Glymour ; Fiscal implications of population aging / John Gist.