The gerontological prism [electronic resource] : developing interdisciplinary bridges / edited by Jeffrey Michael Clair and Richard M. Allman.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Clair, Jeffrey M., 1958-, Allman, Richard M., 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub., ©2000.
Series:Society and aging series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Aging and Social Change: Toward an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda / Stephen J. Cutler
  • Ch. 2. Psychology's Contributions to Gerontology / Laura L. Carstensen, Jeremy Graff and Frieder Lang
  • Ch. 3. A Social Psychology of the Life Cycle: Interdisciplinary Social Policies, Perceptions, and Prospects / Jeffrey Michael Clair, William C. Yoels and David A. Karp
  • Ch. 4. Clinical and Health Services Delivery Research / Richard M. Allman, Patricia S. Baker and Richard S. Maisiak
  • Ch. 5. Diversity As a Catalyst for Change / E. Percil Stanford and Gwendolyn E. Stanford
  • Ch. 6. Intergenerational Relationships and Aging: Families, Cohorts, and Social Change / Vern Bengtson, Timothy Biblarz and Edward Clarke / [and others]
  • Ch. 7. Interdisciplinary Health Care in the Twenty-First Century: Fantasy or Fundamental? / Theresa J.K. Drinka
  • Ch. 8. Organizing Chronic Care: The Value of Organization Theory to Gerontology / William E. Aaronson, Connie J. Evashwick and Richard M. Shewchuk
  • Ch. 9. Nursing Homes and the Long-Term Care Market / Nichael A. Morrisey and Fredric D. Wolinsky
  • Ch. 10. Perspectives on Aging: Progress and Priorities for Age-Related Cancers / Harvey Jay Cohen
  • Ch. 11. Caring for Alzheimer's Disease Patients: Issues of Verbal Communication and Social Interaction / Louis Burgio, Rebecca Allen-Burge and Alan Stevens / [and others]
  • Ch. 12. The Geriatric Medical Encounter / Patricia S. Baker, Jeffrey Michael Clair and William C. Yoels / [and others]
  • Ch. 13. Treatment of Urinary Incontinence: Current Status and Future Directions / Kathryn L. Burgio, Patricia S. Goode and R. Edward Varner / [and others]
  • Ch. 14. Mobility Impairment and Its Consequences in the Elderly / Cynthia Owsley, Richard M. Allman and Marilyn Gossman / [and others]
  • Ch. 15. Closing Comment: Barriers To and Potential For an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda in Aging / Richard M. Allman and Jeffrey M. Clair.