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Aging, society and the life course /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morgan, Leslie A.
Other Authors: Kunkel, Suzanne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [2007]
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Older people > United States.
Aging > United States.
Gerontology > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Aging and society
  • Studying aging
  • Aging people in an aging world: demographic perspectives
  • The aging individual in social context
  • Family as an age-integrating institution
  • Aging persons and their families
  • Work and the life course
  • Retirement
  • Economics and the aging of society
  • Aging and the health of individuals
  • Aging and the health care system
  • Politics, government, and the welfare state
  • The dynamics of aging in our future.