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Handbook of aging and the social sciences /

Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Eighth Edition, presents the extraordinary growth of research on aging individuals, populations, and the dynamic culmination of the life course, providing a comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest research findings in the social sciences of aging....

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: George, Linda K; Ferraro, Kenneth F; Carr, Deborah S; Wilmoth, Janet M. Janet May; Wolf, Douglas, 1948
Published: Elsevier Academic Press,
Publisher Address: London, UK :
Publication Dates: 2016.
©2016
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Eighth edition.
Series: Handbooks of Aging
Subjects:
Gerontology
Aging > Social aspects
Life change events in old age
Older people > Care
Aging > Social aspects
Older people > Care
Older people > Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
Aged
Aging
Life change events
Social sciences
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124172357
Summary: Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Eighth Edition, presents the extraordinary growth of research on aging individuals, populations, and the dynamic culmination of the life course, providing a comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest research findings in the social sciences of aging. As the complexities of population dynamics, cohort succession, and policy changes modify the world and its inhabitants in ways that must be vigilantly monitored so that aging research remains relevant and accurate, this completely revised edition not only includes the foundational, classic themes
Item Description: Preceded by Handbook of aging and the social sciences / editors, Robert H. Binstock and Linda K. George. 7th ed. 2011.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xviii, 531 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN: 9780124172852
0124172857
Index Number: HQ1061
CLC: C913.6
Contents: Aging and the social sciences : progress and prospects /
Trajectory models for aging research /
Biodemography : adding biological insight into social, economic, and psychological models of population and individual health change with age /
Late-life disability trends and trajectories /
Early life origins of adult health and aging /
Racial and ethnic inequalities in health /

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