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Aging : concepts and controversies / Harry R. Moody.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles : Pine Forge Press, c2010.Edition: 6th edDescription: xxxi, 503 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781412969666 (pbk.)
  • 9781412969666 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.26 MOO
LOC classification:
  • HQ1064.U5 M665 2010
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 305.26 MOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00211935

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.

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