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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Page 119
The centre of this model is human activity and interactions with agency ( health
condition , body function and structures and social participation ) and structure or
context ( environmental and personal factors ) . Health condition ( disorder or ...
The centre of this model is human activity and interactions with agency ( health
condition , body function and structures and social participation ) and structure or
context ( environmental and personal factors ) . Health condition ( disorder or ...
Page 120
Measures of participation , and environmental and personal factors , were not
developed as part of the new model when it was accepted by the World Health
Assembly in 2001 . The successful development of methods for describing and ...
Measures of participation , and environmental and personal factors , were not
developed as part of the new model when it was accepted by the World Health
Assembly in 2001 . The successful development of methods for describing and ...
Page 177
While sociologists mainly emphasise ' push ' factors , economists have often
concentrated on the ' pull ' factors that shape the individual decision of the timing
of retirement . Incentives for early retirement , for example , were identified in the
...
While sociologists mainly emphasise ' push ' factors , economists have often
concentrated on the ' pull ' factors that shape the individual decision of the timing
of retirement . Incentives for early retirement , for example , were identified in the
...
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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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