Aging: Concepts and Controversies - Brossura

Moody, Harry R.

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ISBN 10: 0761987681 ISBN 13: 9780761987680

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications Inc, 2002

Riassunto

Harry "Rick" Moody has again presented the key concepts and controversies in an engaging and accessible fashion, supported with carefully chosen adapted readings, resulting in the most captivating introduction to gerontology available today. From the opening chapter, the author encourages the reader to see ageing not as a fixed period of life but as a process beginning at birth and extending over the entire life course. The informative design of this book focuses on controversies and questions rather than on assimilating facts or coming up with a single "correct" view about ageing or older people. The readings are selected to highlight ongoing debates in the field and to stimulate students to think more deeply about what is at stake in the issues presented.

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Recensione:

"The book is clearly written and encourages students to engage in critical thinking about salient issues in gerontology." (Margaret Bull, PhD, RN, FAAN ACTIVITIES, ADAPTATION & AGING)

L'autore:

Harry R. Moody is a graduate of Yale University and received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University. He has taught philosophy at Columbia University, Hunter College, New York University, and the University of California at Santa Cruz.  He recently retired as Vice President and Director of Academic Affairs for AARP in Washington, DC.  He is currently Visiting Professor at Tohoku University in Japan, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Fielding Graduate University.  Dr. Moody previously served as Executive Director of the Brookdale Center on Aging at Hunter College and Chairman of the Board of Elderhostel (now Road Scholar). Moody is the author of over 100 scholarly articles, as well as a number of books including: Abundance of Life: Human Development Policies for an Aging Society (Columbia University Press, 1988) and Ethics in an Aging Society (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992). His most recent book, The Five Stages of the Soul, was published by Doubleday Anchor Books and has been translated into seven languages worldwide.  He is the editor of a newsletter, "Human Values in Aging," reaching 10,000 subscribers each month. In 2011 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society on Aging and in 2008 he was named by Utne Reader Magazine as one of  “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.”

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• Editore: SAGE Publications Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0761987681
• ISBN 13: 9780761987680
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 4
• Numero di pagine: 504