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Key concepts in social gerontology / Judith Phillips, Kristine Ajrouch and Sarah Hillcoat-Nall�etamby.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: SAGE key conceptsPublication details: Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, 2010.Description: vii, 240 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781412922722 (pbk.) :
  • 9781412922715 (pbk.) :
  • 9781412922722 (Paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.26 PHI
LOC classification:
  • HQ1061
Contents:
Introduction Advocacy Age Integration Ageing Ageing in Place Ageism Ambivalence Assisted Living Bereavement Biographical Approaches Care Care Management Civic Engagement Cohort Convoy Theory Cultural Ideals Death and Dying Dementia Disability Elder Mistreatment/Abuse Environmental Gerontology Ethnicity Euthanasia Family Relations Filial Responsibility Frailty Gender Generations Gerontology Global Ageing Housing Independence Intergenerational Practice Life Course Perspective Lifelong Learning Loneliness Long Term Care Longevity Palliative Care Pensions Population Ageing Quality of Life Religion/Spirituality Retirement Social Exclusion Social Relations Social Support Social Theories of Ageing Successful Ageing Third and Fourth Ages Triple Jeopardy
Summary: This text provides an accessible guide to well established and contested issues, as well as new concepts emerging through cutting edge research in social gernontology. The entries give concise, lucid knowledge on what constitutes the 'building blocks' of social gerontology and sets out a clear review of the core concepts.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 305.26 PHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00213101
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 305.26 PHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00213102
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 305.26 PHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00213103

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction Advocacy Age Integration Ageing Ageing in Place Ageism Ambivalence Assisted Living Bereavement Biographical Approaches Care Care Management Civic Engagement Cohort Convoy Theory Cultural Ideals Death and Dying Dementia Disability Elder Mistreatment/Abuse Environmental Gerontology Ethnicity Euthanasia Family Relations Filial Responsibility Frailty Gender Generations Gerontology Global Ageing Housing Independence Intergenerational Practice Life Course Perspective Lifelong Learning Loneliness Long Term Care Longevity Palliative Care Pensions Population Ageing Quality of Life Religion/Spirituality Retirement Social Exclusion Social Relations Social Support Social Theories of Ageing Successful Ageing Third and Fourth Ages Triple Jeopardy

This text provides an accessible guide to well established and contested issues, as well as new concepts emerging through cutting edge research in social gernontology. The entries give concise, lucid knowledge on what constitutes the 'building blocks' of social gerontology and sets out a clear review of the core concepts.

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