http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
xxiii, 509 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
The family context of aging: trends and challenges / Rosemary Blieszner, Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford -- Historical perspectives on the family and aging / Tamara K. Hareven -- Aging and the family: present and future demographic issues / Kevin Kinsella -- The family of the second half of life: connecting theories and findings / Bertram J. Cohler, Karen Altergott -- Family relations and individual development in adulthood and aging / Carol D. Ryff, Marsha Mailick Seltzer -- Feminist perspectives on social gerontology / Helena Znaniecka Lopata --
Family dynamics and the leisure experiences of older adults: theoretical viewpoints / Jay A. Mancini, Dan M. Sandifer -- Methods and analysis of family data / David J. Mangen -- Marriage and close relationships of the marital kind / Margaret Hellie Huyck -- Sibling relationships in middle and old age / Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford -- Aged parents and aging children: determinants of relationship quality / J. Jill Suitor...[et al.] -- Grandparenting in an era of rapid change / Joan F. Robertson -- U.S. old-age policy and the family / Madonna Harrington Meyer, Marcia L. Bellas --
Legal issues and family involvement in later-life families / Robbyn R. Wacker -- Cultural diversity in the late-life family / Colleen L. Johnson -- Aging and kinship in rural context / B. Jan McCulloch -- Convoys of social relations: family and friendships within a life span context / Toni C. Antonucci, Hiroko Akiyama -- Families and retirement / Maximiliane Szinovacz, David J. Ekerdt -- The effects of illness on the family / Jeffrey W. Dwyer -- Death and bereavement / Miriam S. Moss, Sidney Z. Moss -- Widowhood / Shirley L. O'Bryant, Robert O. Hansson --
Families and formal networks / Shirley S. Travis -- Clinical interventions with later-life families / Sara Honn Qualls.
edited by Rosemary Blieszner and Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford ; foreword by Lillian E. Troll.
Includes bibliographicl references (pages [489]-494) and index.