Aging : concepts and controversies /
Moody, Harry R.
Aging : concepts and controversies / Harry R. Moody. - 6th ed. - Los Angeles : Pine Forge Press, c2010. - xxxi, 503 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic concepts 1: A life course perspective on aging -- Controversy 1.Does old age have meaning -- Controversy 2.Why do our bodies grow old? -- Controversy 3.Does intellectual functioining decline with age? -- Basic concepts II.Aging, health care, and society -- Controversy 4.Should we ration health care for older people? -- Controversy 5.Should families provide for their own? -- 6.Should older people be protected from bad choices? -- Controversy 7.Should people have the choice to end their lives? -- Basic concepts III.Social and economic outlook for an aging society -- Controversty 8.Should age or need be the basis for entitlement? -- Controversty 9.What is the future for social security? -- Controversty 10.Is retirment obsolete? -- Controversy 11.Aging boomers: boom or bust.
9781412969666 (pbk.) 9781412969666 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
2009002734
Gerontology--United States
Aging--United States
Sociology & anthropology
Social work
Social counselling & advice services
Age groups: the elderly
Care of the elderly
HQ1064.U5 / M665 2010
305.26 MOO
Aging : concepts and controversies / Harry R. Moody. - 6th ed. - Los Angeles : Pine Forge Press, c2010. - xxxi, 503 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Basic concepts 1: A life course perspective on aging -- Controversy 1.Does old age have meaning -- Controversy 2.Why do our bodies grow old? -- Controversy 3.Does intellectual functioining decline with age? -- Basic concepts II.Aging, health care, and society -- Controversy 4.Should we ration health care for older people? -- Controversy 5.Should families provide for their own? -- 6.Should older people be protected from bad choices? -- Controversy 7.Should people have the choice to end their lives? -- Basic concepts III.Social and economic outlook for an aging society -- Controversty 8.Should age or need be the basis for entitlement? -- Controversty 9.What is the future for social security? -- Controversty 10.Is retirment obsolete? -- Controversy 11.Aging boomers: boom or bust.
9781412969666 (pbk.) 9781412969666 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
2009002734
Gerontology--United States
Aging--United States
Sociology & anthropology
Social work
Social counselling & advice services
Age groups: the elderly
Care of the elderly
HQ1064.U5 / M665 2010
305.26 MOO