"""The Gerontological Prism"" promotes disciplinary cooperation in aging research and practice. To some extent, each chapter explores a unified objective, that of generating a disciplinary-blind gerontology. The fundamental assumption throughout this book is that the aging individual and society can be enhanced by an understanding of the correlates of basic social, behavioral, demographic, economic, political, ethical, and biomedical processes involving aging. Each author touches on issues that have both social psychological, and practical policy significance. They aim toward sensitizing the reader to the possibilities of a properly informed interdisciplinary approach to gerontology."
By:
Jeffrey Michael Clair,
Richard Allman
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780415784283
ISBN 10: 041578428X
Series: Society and Aging Series
Pages: 350
Publication Date: 14 August 2018
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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ELT Advanced
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction SECTION I: CORE DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES Chapter 1 - Aging and Social Change: Toward an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda Stephen J. Cutler Chapter 2 - Psychology's Contributions to Gerontology Laura L. Carstensen, Jeremy Graff, and Frieder Lang Chapter 3 - A Social Psychology of the Life Cycle: Interdisciplinary Social Policies, Perceptions, and Prospects Jeffrey Michael Clair, William C. Yoels, and David A. Karp Chapter 4 - Clinical and Health Services Delivery Research Richard M. Allman, Patricia S. Baker, and Richard S. Maisiak SECTION II: KEY SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES Chapter 5 - Diversity As a Catalyst for Change E. Percil Stanford and Gwendolyn E. Stanford Chapter 6 - Intergenerational Relationships and Aging: Families, Cohorts, and Social Change Vern Bengtson, Timothy Biblarz, Edward Clarke, Roseann Giarrusso, Robert Roberts, Judith Richlin-Klonsky, and Merril Silverstein Chapter 7 - Interdisciplinary Health Care in the Twenty-First Century: Fantasy or Fundamental? Theresa J. K. Drinka Chapter 8 - Organizing Chronic Care: The Value of Organization Theory to Gerontology William E. Aaronson, Connie J. Evashwick, and Richard M. Shewchuk Chapter 9 - Nursing Homes and the Long-Term Care Market Michael A. Morrisey and Fredric D. Wolinsky SECTION III: PATIENT CARE CONCERNS Chapter 10 - Perspectives on Aging: Progress and Priorities for Age-Related Cancers Harvey Jay Cohen Chapter 11 - Caring for Alzheimer's Disease Patients: Issues of Verbal Communication and Social Interaction Louis Burgio, Rebecca Allen-Burge, Alan Stevens, Linda Davis, and Daniel Marson Chapter 12 - The Geriatric Medical Encounter Patricia S. Baker, Jeffrey Michael Clair, William C. Yoels, and Richard M. Allman Chapter 13 - Treatment of Urinary Incontinence: Current Status and Future Directions Kathryn L. Burgio, Patricia S. Goode, R. Edward Varner, L. Keith Lloyd, Donald A. Urban, and Mary G. Umlauf Chapter 14 - Mobility Impairment and Its Consequences in the Elderly Cynthia Owsley, Richard M. Allman, Marilyn Gossman, Sherron Kell, Richard V. Sims, and Patricia S. Baker Chapter 15 - Closing Comments: Barriers To and Potential For an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda in Aging Richard M. Allman and Jeffrey M. Clair Contributors Index
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