The social and biological challenge of our aging population
Publisher: Columbia Univ. Press
Published: 1950
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Aged; Older people
Notes: Eastern States Health Education Conference, New York Academy of Medicine. Proceedings, 1949

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword, by B.P. Watson.; title: Introduction, by Iago Gladston.; title: Orientation, by N.S. Brown.; title: The problem of aging ..., by V. Korenchevsky.; title: Structural aspects of the processes of aging, by Jean Oliver.; title: The demographic background of our aging population, by C.V. Kiser.; title: Patterns of aging of human populations, by V.G. Valaoras.; title: Controllable factors in the processes of aging, by F.J. Tisdall.; title: On longevity and the control of chronic disease, by D. Seegal.; title: Psychological factors that have a bearing on the aging process, by E.B. Allen.; title: The retirement myth, by Julius Hochman.; title: The sociology of an aging population, Kingsley Davis.; title: The sociological challenge of the aging population, by E.C. Lindeman.