| Description |
xii, 395 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Contents |
Introduction, by E. W. Busse and E. Pfeiffer.--Theories of aging, by E. W. Busse.--Sociological aspects of aging, by E. Palmore.--Economics of retirement, by J. M. Kreps.--The ambiguity of retirement, by K. W. Back.--Health experience in the elderly, by E. H. Estes, Jr.--Living arrangements and housing of old people, by E. Shanas.--Sexual behavior in old age, by E. Pfeiffer.--How the old face death, by F. C. Jeffers and A. Verwoerdt.--Functional psychiatric disorders in old age, by E. W. Busse and E. Pfeiffer.--Intellectual and cognitive changes in the aged, by C. Eisdorfer.--The brain and time, by F. S. Vogel.--Organic brain syndromes, by H. S. Wang.--Institutional care of the aged, by A. I. Goldfarb.--Nursing of older people, by V. Stone.--Social casework and community services for the aged, by D. K. Heyman and G. H. Polansky.--Training in geropsychiatry, by A. Verwoerdt.--The aged and public policy, by J. J. Spengler. |
| Subject |
Older people.
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Older people. |
| Added Author |
Pfeiffer, Eric, 1935-
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| ISBN |
0700001697 031611830 |
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