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Winner of the 2022 Textbook & Academic Authors Association?s The McGuffey Longevity Award
Aging: Concepts and Controversies is structured to encourage a style of teaching and learning that goes beyond conveying facts and methods. This innovative text focuses on controversies and questions rather than on assimilating facts or creating a single "correct" view about aging or older people. Drawing on their extensive expertise, authors Harry R. Moody and Jennifer R. Sasser first provide an overview of aging in three domains: aging over the life course, health care, and socioeconomic trends. Each section then includes data and conceptual frameworks, helping students to make sense of the controversies and understand their origin, engage in critical thinking, and develop their own views. The Tenth Edition of this hallmark textbook includes amplified discussions focused on differences, diversity, structural inequalities, and inclusion, as well as contemporary issues, including climate change and immigration.
Aging: Concepts and Controversies is structured to encourage a style of teaching and learning that goes beyond conveying facts and methods. This innovative text focuses on controversies and questions rather than on assimilating facts or creating a single "correct" view about aging or older people. Drawing on their extensive expertise, authors Harry R. Moody and Jennifer R. Sasser first provide an overview of aging in three domains: aging over the life course, health care, and socioeconomic trends. Each section then includes data and conceptual frameworks, helping students to make sense of the controversies and understand their origin, engage in critical thinking, and develop their own views. The Tenth Edition of this hallmark textbook includes amplified discussions focused on differences, diversity, structural inequalities, and inclusion, as well as contemporary issues, including climate change and immigration.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Publisher Note
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Brief Contents
- Detailed Contents
- List of Boxed Features
- Preface
- About the Authors
- Basic Concepts I A Life Course Perspective on Aging
- Controversy 1 Does Old Age Have Meaning?
- Controversy 2 Why Do Our Bodies Grow Old?
- Controversy 3 Do Intelligence and Creativity Decline With Age?
- Basic Concepts II Aging, Health Care, and Society
- Controversy 4 Should We Ration Health Care for Older People?
- Controversy 5 Should Families Provide for Their Own?
- Controversy 6 Should Older People Be Protected From Bad Choices?
- Controversy 7 Should People Have the Choice to End Their Lives?
- Basic Concepts III Social and Economic Outlook for an Aging Society
- Controversy 8 Should Age or Need Be the Basis for Entitlement?
- Controversy 9 What Is the Future for Social Security?
- Controversy 10 Is Retirement Obsolete?
- Controversy 11 Aging Boomers: Boom or Bust?
- Controversy 12 The New Aging Marketplace: Hope or Hype?
- Epilogue Finding Your Place in an Aging Society
- Appendix Tips for Conducting Your Own Research in Gerontology
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index