Aging, the Individual, and Society

by Georgia M. Barrow

Book Overview

This successful, student-friendly text brings a social problems approach to the interdisciplinary study of gerontology. Academic research is combined with an empathetic view of the lives of older persons to involve students emotionally and intellectually. It retains popular Old is News chapter introductions. This edition includes more on the oldest-old, religion, and uses more graphs, charts, and maps to present data.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0314044442
• ISBN13: 9780314044440
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.