Aging and Biography: Explorations in Adult Development - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826189814 ISBN 13: 9780826189813

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2004

Synopsis

Personal life narratives can serve as a rich source of new insights into the experience of human aging. In this comp;rehensive volume, an international team of editors and contributors provide effective approaches to using biography to enhance our understanding of adult development. In addition to providing new theoretical aspects on aging and biography, the book also details new developments concerning the practical use of different biographical approaches in both research and clinical work. This is a landmark volume advancing the use of narrative approaches in gerontology.

About this title

About the Author

Gary M. Kenyon, PhD, is founder and Chair of the Gerontology Department at St. Thomas University, Fredericton, N.B., Canada, and Honorary Research Associate at the University of New Brunswick.

From the Back Cover

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Personal life narratives can serve as a rich source of new insights into the experience of human aging. In this comp;rehensive volume, an international team of editors and contributors provide effective approaches to using biography to enhance our understanding of adult development. In addition to providing new theoretical aspects on aging and biography, the book also details new developments concerning the practical use of different biographical approaches in both research and clinical work. This is a landmark volume advancing the use of narrative approaches in gerontology. "

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826189814
• ISBN 13: 9780826189813
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 372
• Editor: Birren PhD James E.