TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peace,Sheila M.
ED  - British Society of Gerontology.
TI  - Researching social gerontology: concepts, methods and issues 
SN  - 9780803982857 (pbk) :
AV  - HQ1061 
U1  - 362.6072 PEA 
PY  - 1990///
CY  - London
PB  - Sage in association with the British Society of Gerontology
KW  - Gerontology
KW  - Research
KW  - Aged
KW  - Sociology & anthropology
KW  - thema
KW  - Social work
KW  - Psychology of ageing
KW  - Age groups: the elderly
KW  - Care of the elderly
KW  - Man
KW  - Ageing
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Bibliography: p203-220. - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references; Part 1: CONCEPTS AND MEASUREMENT:- Introduction--1. Age--2. Dependency--3. Social support--4. Quality of life--Part 2: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES:- Introduction--5. Whom to study? Defining the problem--6. Evaluation research and experiment in social gerontology--7. Doing Ethnography in a Geriatric Unit --8. Triangulating data--9. Researching very old people--10. Doing biographical research--Part 3: ISSUES:- Introduction--11. Research ethics and older people--12. The funding of social gerontological research--13. Making research useful and usable
N2  - The contributors discuss concepts in gerontology, presenting the subject both theoretically and practically. They provide information on a number of methodological approaches to research which have proved useful. The text assesses whether old people require special ethical consideration
ER  -