Researching social gerontology : concepts, methods and issues / edited by Sheila M. Peace.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Sage in association with the British Society of Gerontology, 1990.Description: xi,226p. : ill. ; 24cmISBN:- 9780803982857 (pbk) :
- 9780803982840 (cased) :
- 0803982852 (pbk.)
- 362.6072 PEA
- HQ1061
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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.
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.