RX Stocker

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This student-friendly text brings a social problems approach to the interdisciplinary study of gerontology. Academic research is combined with an empathetic view of the lives of older persons to involve students emotionally and intellectually. It retains popular “Old is News” chapter introductions. This edition includes more on the oldest-old, religion, and uses more graphs, charts and maps to present data.

Aging, the Individual, & Society

AGING INDIVIDUAL SOCIETY IM/TB

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Sparking controversy in medical, social and professional circles, the nation’s most respected medical ethicist strikes at the heart of America’s growing health care crisis–the care of the aged. The New York Times Book Review calls Setting Limits “A pivotal work . . . the benchmark for future moral, medical and policy discussions of aging”.

Setting Limits: Medical Goals in an Aging Society