Enduring Questions in Gerontology

by Debra J. Sheets RN, PhD (Editor), Dana Burr Bradley PhD (Editor), Jon Hendricks PhD (Editor)

Overview

Enduring Questions in Gerontology provides a comprehensive perspective on the abiding issues in gerontology. Both current and future gerontologists will find this book useful in examining emerging dilemmas and creating a context for further progress in the field of aging.

The most creative thinkers contributing to the gerontological literature reflect on their disciplines, consider how key questions have emerged, review how they have changed in the decades since gerontology entered the fray, and speculate what may lie ahead. The resulting collection of essays offers a comprehensive perspective on the enduring questions in gerontology and how they have shaped our understanding of differences in the experience of old age.

Key contributors to this volume include:
George L. Maddox
Christine L. Fry
Steven Austad
Kenneth Brummel-Smith
Manfred Diehl
Martha Holstein
W. Andrew Achenbaum
James E. Birren

As an emerging or seasoned scholar, you will find insights into the ways in which each disciplinary focus grapples with societal transitions, identifies emerging issues, and lays out strategies and salient perspectives for what should come next.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826164162
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	11/10/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Debra Sheets, PhD, RN, is assistant professor in the Department of Health Sciences and Coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Gerontology Program at California State University--Northridge.

Dana Burr Bradley, PhD, is the director of the Center for Gerontology and the Cliff Todd Distinguished Professor of Gerontology at Western Kentucky University.

Jon (Joe) Hendricks, PhD, is dean of the University Honors College, Oregon State University. He served as president of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), as chair of the sections on Sociology of Aging and Life Course, American Sociological Association, and Behavioral and Social Sciences, Gerontological Society of American.

Table of Contents

About the Contributors
Preface
Prologue: Finding New Beacons: Searching for Timeless and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, George L. Maddox
1. Identifying Enduring Questions in Gerontology, Jon Hendricks, Debra Sheets, and Diana Burr Bradley
2. A Biologist's Perspective: Whence Come We, Where Are We, Whither Go We? Steven N. Austad
3. New Avenues, New Questions, and Changing Perspectives in Geriatric Medicine, Kenneth Brummel-Smith
4. The Analytic Template in the Psychology of Aging, Manfred Diehl and Alissa Dark-Freudeman
5. The Dynamic Nature of Societal Aging in Global Perspective, Chris Phillipson
6. Whatever Happened to Culture? Christine L. Fry
7. The Contributions of Philosophy and Ethics in the Study of Age, Martha Holstein and Mark Waymack
8. Historical Gerontology: It is a Matter of Time, W. Andrew Achenbaum
9. The Purview and Sweep of Aging Policy, Phoebe S. Liebig

Epilogue: Gerontology -- Past, Present, Future, James E. Birren
Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"The multi-disciplinary perspectives on the major abiding questions in gerontology contained in this book provide a unique insight into the science of ageing and its future challenges. This cutting-edge collection should be required reading for all students of gerontology."
-Alan Walker, BA, DLitt, FRSA, AcSS
Professor of Social Policy and Director, European Research Area in Ageing
Department of Sociological Studies
University of Sheffield, UK