Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: hendricks jon

12 resultados

hendricks jon Eliminar filtro Quitar filtros
  • REMAINDER OF THEIR DAYS
    ebook
    REMAINDER OF THEIR DAYS
    JON HENDRICKS / CAROLYN J. ROSENTHAL
    First published in 1993. This present volume, co-edited by two sociologists, Jon Hendricks of the United States and Carolyn Rosenthal of Canada, focuses on a comparative, cross-national discussion of social policies of the United States and Canada, especially those related to health care.  The uniqueness o f this work lies in the fact that it views family experiences from both ...

    $1,940.00

    Ver detalle
  • THE NEED FOR THEORY
    ebook
    THE NEED FOR THEORY
    SIMON BIGGS / JON HENDRICKS / ARIELA LOWENSTEIN
    The "Need for Theory" speaks to the burgeoning need for critical thinking in social gerontology. The editors have brought together some of the foremost contributors to theoretical advances in the field. This volume incorporates state-of-the-art theorizing with a focus on selected topical areas facing gerontologists around the world. Using their keen insights into substantive is...

    $3,400.00

    Ver detalle
  • INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND ALTERNATIVE FUTURES
    ebook
    INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND ALTERNATIVE FUTURES
    JON HENDRICKS
    No one wants to put an aging relative in a "home." But very few people have an understanding of the issues involved and options available for an older person who needs outside care. This important book offers a variety of new insights into ways of maximizing choice, independence, and well-being, and minimizing the emotional stunting often associated with institutionalization. B...

    $1,760.00

    Ver detalle
  • THE TIES OF LATER LIFE
    ebook
    THE TIES OF LATER LIFE
    JON HENDRICKS
    Helps you recognise the continuity that runs across the generations from grandparents to grandchildren. This work provides a clear perspective on the actual experiences of the lives of our family and friends. ...

    $2,420.00

    Ver detalle
  • BEING AND BECOMING OLD
    ebook
    BEING AND BECOMING OLD
    JON HENDRICKS
    How does aging affect the interaction between people and their social environment? This intriguing book examines that question from various perspectives, exploring in detail the social and psychological dimensions of the aging process. Drawing on the insights of many disciplines, articles investigate such issues as subjectively evaluated age, facts influencing adjustment, and a...

    $1,760.00

    Ver detalle
  • THE MEANING OF REMINISCENCE AND LIFE REVIEW
    ebook
    THE MEANING OF REMINISCENCE AND LIFE REVIEW
    JON HENDRICKS
    Robert Butler's call for life reviews has exerted a key influence on the way gerontologists have looked at reminiscence and remembering. Widely thought to be a helpful mechanism for integrating past and future, the process of life review needs better specification and evaluation based on sound research. ""The Meaning of Reminiscence and Life Review"" brings together both resear...

    $2,320.00

    Ver detalle
  • HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION IN LATER LIFE
    ebook
    HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION IN LATER LIFE
    JON HENDRICKS
    The debate over national health insurance has renewed attention on the health and health care utilization of the elderly. Few questions have been more poignant than the health of the United States' elderly. As a broad-ranging critical look, "Health and Health Care Utilization in Later Life" brings the central questions facing the elderly into bold relief. It spans the range of ...

    $2,420.00

    Ver detalle
  • IN THE COUNTRY OF THE OLD
    ebook
    IN THE COUNTRY OF THE OLD
    JON HENDRICKS
    Aging is a universal experience, and an individual one. But it is also a cultural phenomenon. Our ethnic and social background has a strong influence on how we deal with growing old. This collection draws on research from around the world to explore how cultural context shapes and defines the aging process. Studies examine differing patterns in the lives of the aged in Portugal...

    $1,600.00

    Ver detalle
  • HANDBOOK OF ASIAN AGING
    ebook
    HANDBOOK OF ASIAN AGING
    HYUNSOOK YOON / JON HENDRICKS
    In western countries, the rising tide of population aging took 100 years to alter the face of societies, but Asia is experiencing comparable changes in not much more than a quarter of a century. Contributors to "The Handbook of Aging" describe the magnitude of these changes and their effects on the aged and on societies attempting to adapt to the dramatic improvements in life e...

    $1,160.00

    Ver detalle
  • LESSONS ON AGING FROM THREE NATIONS
    ebook
    LESSONS ON AGING FROM THREE NATIONS
    SARA CARMEL / CAROL A. MORSE / FERNANDO M. TORRES-GIL / JON HENDRICKS
    The global phenomenon of the aging of societies during a period of outstanding scientific, economic, and technological advancements is a blessing for humanity. These fundamental changes, however, create new needs and problems in all areas of life, often difficult to address. In some countries, the trend is towards compression of the period of age-related morbidity - fewer years...

    $1,160.00

    Ver detalle
  • NEW DYNAMICS IN OLD AGE
    ebook
    NEW DYNAMICS IN OLD AGE
    HANS-WERNER WAHL / CLEMENS TESCH-ROMER / DR. ANDREAS HOFF / JON HENDRICKS
    This book was nurtured by the belief that the new dynamics of today's and tomorrow's aging has not yet been treated well in the gerontology literature. Several questions drove the choice of substance for the book: What kind of new dynamics of aging deserves consideration? What kinds of theories and fields are at the core of treating such a new dynamics? And what kind of empiric...

    $1,420.00

    Ver detalle
  • HANDBOOK OF AGING AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
    ebook
    HANDBOOK OF AGING AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
    BINSTOCK, ROBERT H. / GEORGE, LINDA K. / CUTLER, STEPHEN J. / HENDRICKS, JON / SCHULZ, JAMES H.
    The Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Sixth Edition provides a comprehensive summary and evaluation of recent research on the social aspects of aging. The 25 chapters are divided into four sections discussing Aging and Time, Aging and Social Structure, Social Factors and Social Institutions, and Aging and Society. Within this context, aging is examined from the perspe...

    $1,310.00

    Ver detalle