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Challenges of the third age
 — meaning and purpose in later life
Author(s)Robert S Weiss, Scott A Bass
PublisherOxford University Press, Oxford, 2002
Pages206 pp
SourceOxford University Press, Great Clarendon Sttreet, Oxford OX 2 6DP.
KeywordsAgeing process ; Attitude ; United States of America.
AnnotationContributors consider how issues of the Third Age differ from those encountered earlier in life, and how society understands (or fails to understand) how older people make sense of their lives. While the impression might be that many in the Third Age find life enjoyable and satisfactory, many older people themselves do not feel fully engaged. Written from a mainly American perspective, chapters consider the changing meaning of ageing, including contributions relating to religion (Druse elders), gay men, and the views of a gerontological social worker aged 74. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-040617001 B
ClassmarkBG: DP: 7T

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