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Presenting the latest research in the biology of aging, this volume addresses important theoretical issues, focusing on the basis for why humans live ... more info

Leading scholars focus on the economics of aging, with a particular emphasis on the economic future of the baby boom generation. Key themes include: ... more info

This volume examines the importance of time and place, as applied to aging families. In the first section, chapters focus on the temporal dimension of ... more info

During the past few decades, the dramatic social changes with regard to our aging population and changes in the family unit have made both demographic ... more info

The second volume in this long-running series presents the usual critical and intensive review chapters divided into five sections but also addresses ... more info

Helps readers see the local problem and concern of aging as a global epidemic affecting all areas of the health care workplace. This title is written ... more info

A must-have professional reference for researchers and educators in psychology, sociology, anthropology, public health, genetics, medicine, and the ... more info

Designated a Doody's Core Title! [This] volume contributes useful knowledge not only to the field of aging studies, but to multiple disciplines and ... more info

Enormous advances in our knowledge of genetic contributions to aging and disease, and in our understanding of the potential for manipulation of the ... more info

How do individuals perceive the experience of aging? Can this perception predict such developmental outcomes as functional health or mortality? The ... more info