Key concepts in social gerontology [electronic resource] / Judith Phillips, Kristine Ajrouch, and Sarah Hillcoat-Nalletamby
- Author
- Phillips, Judith (Judith E.)
- Published
- Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, 2010.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (vii, 240 pages).
- Additional Creators
- Ajrouch, Kristine J. and Hillcoat-Nallétamby, Sarah
Access Online
- SAGE knowledge: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 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 -- Longevity -- Long-term Care -- 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 Age -- 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.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781446251058 (ebook)
- Audience Notes
- Specialized.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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