TY - BOOK ID - 8800183 TI - Aging in a changing society. PY - 2000 SN - 1583910093 PB - Philadelphia Brunner-Mazel DB - UniCat KW - veroudering (verouderingsproces) KW - vergrijzing (veroudering van de bevolking) KW - gerontologie KW - ouderenzorg KW - vieillissement KW - viellissement de la population (viellissement démographique) KW - gérontologie KW - soins aux personnes âgées KW - Aging KW - Old age KW - Older people KW - Aged KW - Aging people KW - Elderly people KW - Old people KW - Older adults KW - Older persons KW - Senior citizens KW - Seniors (Older people) KW - Age groups KW - Persons KW - Gerontocracy KW - Gerontology KW - Later life (Human life cycle) KW - Senescence KW - Adulthood KW - Age KW - Longevity KW - Ageing KW - Developmental biology KW - Age factors in disease KW - Physiological effect UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8800183 AB - People are living into old age. This is actually a revolutionary statement as we look back to the start and then to the end of the twentieth century. This demographic revolution raises important practical and ethical issues and, for the most part, has led the way for the field of gerontology, the study of aging, to emerge as an area of increasing importance. With that in mind, Thorson has revised and expanded his 1995 text to serve as an introduction to the multidisciplinary field of gerontology. Gerontology is both an area of specialty and an area within the larger arena of social sciences. This text, with its friendly narrative style, assumes no prior knowledge of gerontology, sociology, or psychology and will therefore solidly serve its purpose as an overview of the field. Along with the readable style, the text is well referenced, handsomely illustrated, and thick with helpful features. ER -