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The Cambridge handbook of age and ageing
 — edited by Malcolm L Johnson; [in] association with Vern L Bengtson, Peter G Coleman, Thomas B L Kirkwood
Author(s)Malcolm L Johnson
PublisherCambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005
Pages744 pp
SourceCambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU. Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521533706
KeywordsAgeing process ; Mental health [elderly] ; Personal relationships ; Sociology, Social Science.
AnnotationGerontologists from 16 countries and five continents were commissioned to contribute chapters on these themes: the ageing body; the ageing mind; the ageing self; the ageing of relationships; the ageing of societies; and policies and provision for older people. Each gives an overview of their chosen topic, and suggests further reading. The broad focus in on the behavioural and social sciences, but with important contributions from the medical and biological sciences. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-070730002 B
ClassmarkBG: D: DS: S

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