Special Research Methods for Gerontology

by M. Powell Lawton

Book Overview

The growth of the over sixty-five population and the recognition of the enormous implications of this growth for the well-being of our society is the basis for this vital text.In earlier days of gerontology, research methods used were often simply those same methods used in researching younger are groups. As one may clearly surmise, the transferral of these traditional methods were apt to pose some special problems when imported for use with the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895030535
• ISBN13: 9780895030535
• Release Date: July 1989
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 328 Pages