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Contemporary Issues in Gerontology: Promoting Positive Ageing Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Minichiello, Victor (Editor), Coulson, Irene (Editor)
ISBN: 0415364302     ISBN-13: 9780415364300
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $54.10  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2005
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BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Allied Health Services - Physical Therapy
- Social Science | Gerontology
- Medical | Health Care Delivery
Dewey: 305.26
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8" (1.00 lbs) 336 pages
 
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Written by leading international experts, this book helps students and practitioners to better understand and cater for the needs of our ageing population. It examines:

  • how services can be provided to meet the expectations and needs of a growing population of ageing citizens within a cost-effective, social justice and positive ageing framework
  • how resources allocated to aged care can be distributed equitably to better meet the demands associated with housing, retirement, service provision and care
  • how health promotion principles can contribute to a healthy older population.

Investigating current critical debates in health and social science, the book explores innovative new approaches to aged care and ageing. By using international examples and a multidisciplinary approach, this comprehensive textbook provides a broad understanding of ageing from a social perspective and analyzes concepts of ageism, healthy ageing and positive ageing.