Voices and Visions of Aging: Health Issues in Pediatric Nursing

by Thomas R. Cole and W. Andrew Achenbaum

A critical gerontology requires more than a simple elaboration of existing humanistic scholarship on aging. This exceptional new work introduces a basis for genuine dialogue across humanistic, scientific, and professional disciplines. Among the topics addressed are industrial employment, retirement, life styles of older women, and biological research. From philosophical reflections on the "third age" to critical perspectives on institutional adaptations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826180205
• ISBN13: 9780826180209
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"