Social Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective

Best-selling, multidisciplinary, social aging text

This text offers a comprehensive view that presents aging positively, portraying concepts of active aging and resiliency, and defining 'productive aging' by elaborating on the numerous ways elders contribute to society and their families. Based on the latest research findings, it offers greater depth to critical issues of aging, attending to differences by age and cohort, gender, ethnic minority status, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status.

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