The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing

by Edited by Malcolm L. Johnson , Edited in association with Vern L. Bengtson , Peter G. Coleman , Thomas B. L. Kirkwood

• ISBN13: 9780521533706
• ISBN10: 0521533708
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing is a state-of-the-art guide to the current body of knowledge, theory, policy and practice relevant to age researchers and gerontologists around the world. It contains almost 80 original chapters, commissioned and written by the world's leading gerontologists from 16 countries and 5 continents. The broad focus of the book is on the behavioural and social sciences but it also includes important contributions from the biological and medical sciences. It provides comprehensive, accessible and authoritative accounts of all the key topics in the field ranging from theories of ageing, to demography, physical aspects of ageing, mental processes and ageing, nursing and health care for older people, the social context of ageing, cross cultural perspectives, relationships, quality of life, gender, and financial and policy provision. This handbook will be a must-have resource for all researchers, students and professionals with an interest in age and ageing.

Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction and Overview

Part II. The Ageing Body

Part III. The Ageing Mind

Part IV. The Ageing Self

Part V. The Ageing of Relationships

Part VI. The Ageing of Societies

Part VII. Policies and Provisions for Older People.