Authors:Jeffrey Halter, Joseph Ouslander, Mary Tinetti, Steph
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Keywords: gerontology, medicine, amp, geriatric, principles, sixth, hazzard
Number of Pages: 1760
Published: 2009-03-09
List price: $219.00
ISBN-10: 0071488723
ISBN-13: 9780071488723

The most complete, authoritative guide available on the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the elderly -- updated with a new global perspective A Doody’s Core Title! "In addition to serving as a timely, comprehensive, state-of-the-art textbook of geriatric medicine anchored in science, evidence-based medicine, and patient-centered practice, the book also is intended to meet the learning needs of fellows in geriatric medicine. The authors succeed in modeling a textbook of geriatric medicine on textbooks of internal medicine. 3 Stars."--Doody’s Review Service The

Author: Lee Ash
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: collections, geriatrics, gerontology
Number of Pages: 171
Published: 1982-01-01
List price: $72.00
ISBN-10: 0917724534
ISBN-13: 9780917724534

An essential resource for any library where research on aging is conducted--a guide to important and unique holdings in the field.

Author: C. Joanne Grabinski MA MA ABD
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Keywords: gerontology, careers
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2007-08-27
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0826115063
ISBN-13: 9780826115065

This book is a "career guide" that will help readers explore job paths and positions that are established, emerging, and potential in the world of professional gerontology. The book intertwines career position profiles with interviews with individuals who currently hold some of the positions. 68 profiles cover 100 different career positions and the author suggests an additional 132 career positions that are possible in outside disciplines (e.g., anthropology, history, philosophy); professional fields (actuary, clothing & textiles, journalism, theater); emerging subfields (entrepreneuri

Author: Lars Andersson
Publisher: Auburn House
Keywords: gerontology, cultural
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2002-11-30
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 0865693277
ISBN-13: 9780865693272

The chapters in this anthology examine, among other things, the growth of gerontology as a discipline, the phenomenon of ageism as a socio-cultural concept, identity politics in which older persons are perceived as belonging to a separate culture or subculture, and images of the older body in cultural perspective.

Author: Dr. Lewis R. Aiken
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Keywords: gerontology, introduction, aging
Number of Pages: 469
Published: 1995-01-15
List price: $152.00
ISBN-10: 080395445X
ISBN-13: 9780803954458

Textbook on the psychological, biological, sociological, economic, and legal aspects of aging, for undergraduate students in gerontology. Stresses the variability and diversity of older adults.

Author: Verle Waters
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Keywords: pub, gerontology, teaching, resources
Number of Pages: 82
Published: 1994-01
List price: $65.95
ISBN-10: 0887376053
ISBN-13: 9780887376054

Author: Nathan Shcok
Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Keywords: supplement, geriatrics, gerontology, bibliography, classified
Number of Pages: 652
Published: 1983-06
List price: $69.50
ISBN-10: 0804704120
ISBN-13: 9780804704120