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Aging
Aging: concepts and controversies
Harry R. Moody
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, c2002.
ISBN: 0761987681   DDC: 305.260973   LCC: HQ1064  

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-461) and index.

Basic concepts I: Aging, health care, and society -- Should we ration
health care for older people? -- Should families provide for their
own? -- Should older people be protected from bad choices? -- Should
people have the choice to end their lives? -- Basic concepts II:
Social and economic outlook for an aging society -- Should age or
need be the basis for entitlement? -- What is the future for Social
Security? -- Is retirement obsolete? -- Basic concepts III: A life
course perspective on aging -- Why do we grow old? -- Does creativity
decline with age? -- Does old age have meaning?

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 305.260973 -- Social groups
LCC Number: HQ1064

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: xxviii, 475 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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