Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Aging - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826125751 ISBN 13: 9780826125750

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2004

Synopsis

In this multidisciplinary text, noted leaders from a variety of fields provide students and professionals with a big picture approach to the best possible care for today's growing aging population. Addressing the extensive concerns that have arisen out of an increased life expectancy and the "elder-boom" of aging baby boomers, the contributors point to changing care and housing needs; health, mental health, and wellness concerns; and financial, ethical, and legal issues in elder care.

Contributors include Eileen Chichin, Catherine DeLorey, Marshall Kapp, Gary Kennedy, William Smith, Patricia Miller, and Thomas Campbell Jackson.

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In this multidisciplinary text, noted leaders from a variety of fields provide students and professionals with a big picture approach to the best possible care for today's growing aging population. Addressing the extensive concerns that have arisen out of an increased life expectancy and the ?elder-boom? of aging baby boomers, the contributors point to changing care and housing needs; health, mental health, and wellness concerns; and financial, ethical, and legal issues in elder care.

Contributors include Eileen Chichin, Catherine DeLorey, Marshall Kapp, Gary Kennedy, William Smith, Patricia Miller, and Thomas Campbell Jackson. "

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Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826125751
• ISBN 13: 9780826125750
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Tepper MA MS EDM EdD Lynn M., Cassidy MAg Thomas M.