Gerontological Imagination: An Integrative Paradigm of Aging

by Kenneth F. Ferraro

Book Overview

The scientific study of aging is a relatively nascent field of inquiry. Although philosophic and literary reflections on what it means to grow older appear in the earliest historical records, the systematic study of aging began in earnest about a century ago. Scholarly interest in the topic has accelerated in recent decades, due in part to rapid population aging in developed nations. As a result, the study of aging has been incorporated into many...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190665343
• ISBN13: 9780190665340
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"