Successful Aging Through The Lifespan
Subtitle: Intergenerational Issues In Health
Contributors: May L. Wykle (Editor); Diana L., Ph.D. Morris (Editor); Peter J. Whitehouse (Editor)
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: October 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780826125644
Subjects: Geriatric medicine; Nursing - Gerontology; General; Caregiving; Social conditions; Consumer Health; Medical; Intergenerational relations; Gerontology; Aging - General; Older people; United States; Health and hygiene
First sentence: This first section deals primarily with the idea of the "new gerontology": the interpretation of aging as a positive, productive process that moves away from the notion of the aging process as a slow and steady decline in health and productivity.