Enduring Questions in Gerontology - Hardcover

9780826164155: Enduring Questions in Gerontology

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826164153 ISBN 13: 9780826164155

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2005

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.

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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; Director, European Research Area in Ageing; Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, UK

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. Her research interests include aging and disability, intergenerational service learning, and aging, health, and disability policy. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.

Dana Burr Bradley, PhD, is the director of the Center for Gerontology and the Cliff Todd Distinguished Professor of Gerontology at Western Kentucky University. Her research interests include cohort effects in volunteerism, history of retirement policy, and intergenerational service learning. She is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the Association of Gerontology in Higher Education.

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. He received the 2004 AGHE Clark Tibbitts Award, the 1994 Distinguished Career Contribution Award, and the 1998 Kalish Innovative Publication Award from the Gerontological Society of America. Dr. Hendricks has authored numerous articles, chapters, and books and edits the Society and Aging series. He is also the coeditor-in-chief of Hallym International Journal of Aging.

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