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ISBN-10: 0205802621

ISBN-13: 9780205802623

Edition: 9th 2011

Authors: Nancy R. Hooyman, H. Asuman Kiyak, H. Asuman Kiyak

List price: $222.00
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This best-selling, multidisciplinary, social aging text presents positive images of aging while considering the many factors that contribute to how aging individuals experiences life. Up-to-date and expanded, 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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Book details

List price: $222.00
Edition: 9th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 1/22/2010
Binding: Mixed Media
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.684
Language: English

Nancy R. Hooyman is the Hooyman Endowed Professor and dean emerita at the University of Washington, School of Social Work. In addition to numerous awards and fellowships, she is the author of eight books and more than one hundred articles.Betty J. Kramer is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Social Work. She is a nationally recognized social work leader in the field of palliative and end-of-life care, the recipient of numerous awards and honors, and the coeditor of Men as Caregivers: Theory, Research, and Service Implications.