Ageing in SocietyJohn Bond, Sheila M Peace, Freya Dittmann-Kohli, Gerben Westerhof SAGE Publications, 2007 M03 8 - 364 pages The Third Edition of this popular and widely-used text provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of aging, exploring the key behavioral and social science theories, concepts, and methods. This new edition of Ageing in Society has been extensively rewritten and reflects new trends in European gerontology, incorporating recent developments in theory and research from international and interdisciplinary perspectives. |
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Genes with late deleterious effects The first evolutionary scenario that is not
founded on the idea of a programme explained ageing through the accumulation
of late - acting deleterious germ - line mutations . Medawar ( 1952 ) reasoned that
...
Genes with late deleterious effects The first evolutionary scenario that is not
founded on the idea of a programme explained ageing through the accumulation
of late - acting deleterious germ - line mutations . Medawar ( 1952 ) reasoned that
...
Page 88
Using these four criteria , dementia clearly does not fulfil the criteria for an ' age
effect ' because , for example , it is a ... Whereas age effects reflect the influence
of individual , biographical or developmental time , age differences may also be a
...
Using these four criteria , dementia clearly does not fulfil the criteria for an ' age
effect ' because , for example , it is a ... Whereas age effects reflect the influence
of individual , biographical or developmental time , age differences may also be a
...
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Another important issue is whether any findings can be attributed to pure age
effects . However , within the field of social gerontology age effects are extremely
difficult to identify with any certainty . We have seen that the combination of age ...
Another important issue is whether any findings can be attributed to pure age
effects . However , within the field of social gerontology age effects are extremely
difficult to identify with any certainty . We have seen that the combination of age ...
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Contents
The biology of ageing | 21 |
Psychological ageing | 38 |
Social theory and social ageing | 68 |
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| Title | Ageing in Society Ageing in Society: European Perspectives on Gerontology, Freya E. Dittmann-Kohli |
| Editors | John Bond, Sheila M Peace, Freya Dittmann-Kohli, Gerben Westerhof |
| Edition | 3, illustrated |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 30 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 1412900190, 9781412900195 |
| Length | 364 pages |
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