Aging : concepts and controversies

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Aging : concepts and controversies

Harry R. Moody

Pine Forge Press, c2002

4th ed

  • : pbk

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Previous ed.: 2000

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

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Harry "Rick" Moody has again presented the key concepts and controversies in an engaging and accessible fashion, supported with carefully chosen adapted readings, resulting in the most captivating introduction to gerontology available today. From the opening chapter, the author encourages the reader to see ageing not as a fixed period of life but as a process beginning at birth and extending over the entire life course. The informative design of this book focuses on controversies and questions rather than on assimilating facts or coming up with a single "correct" view about ageing or older people. The readings are selected to highlight ongoing debates in the field and to stimulate students to think more deeply about what is at stake in the issues presented.

目次

Preface Prologue: America as an Aging Society BASIC CONCEPTS I. AGING HEALTH CARE AND SOCIETY The Challenge of Longevity Epidemiology of Aging Economics of Heath Care Long-Term Care Self-Determined Death Late-Life Suicide Conclusion Controversy 1. Should We Ration Health Care for Older People? Precedents for Health Care Rationing The Justification for Age-Based Rationing Rationing as a Cost-Saving Plan The Impetus for Rationing Cost Versus Age Alternative Approaches to Rationing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide The Debate Over Age-Based Rationing Controversy 2. Should Families Provide for Their Own? Aging and the American Family Abandonment or Independence? Family Responsibility Medicaid and Long-Term Care Financing Long-Term Care Medicaid Planning Controversy 3. Should Older People Be Protected From Bad Choices? The Vulnerabilities of Older People Interfering When People Make Bad Choices Elder Abuse and Neglect Perceptions of Quality of Life Inappropriate Sexuality Crime and the Elderly Intervention in the Lives of the Vulnerable Elderly Controversy 4. Should People Have the Choice to End Their Lives? Depression and Suicide The "Right to Die" Outlook for the Future BASIC CONCEPTS II. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR AN AGING SOCIETY The Varieties of Aging Experience The Economic Status of Older Americans Public Policy on Aging Conclusion Controversy 5. Should Age or Need Be the Basis for Entitlement? A Tale of Two Generations Generational Equity The Least Advantaged Elderly The Targeting Debate Controversy 6. What Is the Future for Social Security? Main Features of Social Security Success--and Doubts Pay as You Go Social Security Trust Fund Eligibility Privatization Women and Social Security Debate Over Social Security Controversy 7. Is Retirement Obsolete? History of Retirement Origins of Late-Life Leisure Changes in the American Economy A New View of Retirement Debate Over Retirement Policy BASIC CONCEPTS III. A LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE ON AGING Age Identification The Stages of Life The Life Course and Aging Theories of Aging Influences on the Life Course Aging in Postindustrial Society The Biology of Aging The Science of Longevity Mechanisms of Physical Aging Aging and Psychological Functioning Conclusion Controversy 8. Why Do We Grow Old? The Process of Biological Aging Biological Theories of Aging The Inevitability of Aging Ways to Prolong the Life Span Compression or Prolongation of Morbidity? Controversy 9. Does Creativity Decline With Age? Elements of Cognitive Function The Classic Aging Pattern Measures of Late-Life Intelligence Studies of Age and Cognitive Function Correlates of Cognitive Stability Creativity in an Aging Population Controversy 10. Does Old Age Have Meaning? The Meaning of Age Leisure Activities in Later Life Religion and Spirituality Social Gerontology and the Meaning of Age The Meaning of Aging in the 21st Century Activity or Reflection? A. How to Research a Term Paper in Gerontology Defining Your Topic Starting Your Search Eight Steps for Carrying Out Library Research Ending the Search Resources for Papers in Gerontology B. Internet Resources on Aging References Glossary/Index

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