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Ways of Aging C
Gubrium
Hardcover - $207.95
Written and edited by social gerontologists, and focusing on everyday experiences, these essays draw from original case studies to look at the diverse ways of growing and being older.
Aging and Everyday Life
Jaber F. Gubrium
Paperback - $138.95
Aging and Everyday Life presents a balanced and penetrating view of the aging experience. The research in this book reveals that many, if not most, of the triumphs and trials experienced in later years are not unlike those confronted at other points ...
Living & Dying @ Murry Manor
Jaber F. Gubrium
Paperback - $53.95
Living and Dying at Murray Manor is a classic text that documents how the "work" of everyday life in a nursing home is accomplished. Jaber F. Gubrium spent several months at a nursing home as a participant-observer, involved in activities ranging fro ...
Aged by Culture
Margaret Morganroth Gullette
Paperback - $41.95
Americans enjoy longer lives and better health, yet we are becoming increasingly obsessed with trying to stay young. What drives the fear of turning 30, the boom in anti-aging products, the wars between generations? What men and women of all ages hav ...
Modelling Our Future : Population Ageing, Health and Aged Care
Anil Gupta
Hardcover - $296.95
This volume serves to present to interested readers recent developments in microsimulation and public policy. It strings together:
(1)selected papers presented at the ???International Microsimulation Conference on Population Ageing and Health: Mo ...
Relationships in Old Age : Coping with the Challenge of Transition
Robert O. Hansson
Hardcover - $84.95
The aging experience demands continuous adaptation to changing physical, psychological, and social capacities. Research has focused primarily on the personal and family relationships that are vital during this time. Offering an important new perspect ...
Studying Aging and Social Change : Conceptual and Methodological Issues
Melissa A. Hardy
Paperback - $111.95
The Politics of Healthcare in Britain
Stephen Harrison
Paperback - $68.95
The Politics of Healthcare in Britain is a timely and authoritative book which critically examines the core issues underpinning health policy and the NHS in Britain. In contrast to existing books in the area that adopt chronological approaches, the a ...