Enduring Questions in Gerontology
About this ebook
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.
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.
Dana Burr Bradley, PhD, is the director of the Center for Gerontology and the Cliff Todd Distinguished Professor of Gerontology at Western Kentucky University.
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.
