The impact of increased life expectancy: beyond the gray horizon
This fascinating volume reviews and predicts the effects of a significantly increased lifespan on society, including the difficulties involved in making such predictions. It provides speculations and insights by gerontology scholars from a range of medical and social sciences, including sociology, p...
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New York, NY
Springer
1995
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| Schriftenreihe: | Springer series on life styles and issues in aging
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| Zusammenfassung: | This fascinating volume reviews and predicts the effects of a significantly increased lifespan on society, including the difficulties involved in making such predictions. It provides speculations and insights by gerontology scholars from a range of medical and social sciences, including sociology, psychology, anthropology, and social work. The contributors, which include Robert Atchley, Ruth Dunkle, Lillian Troll, Dena Shenk, and Robert Hudson, examine the personal, professional, and societal consequences of increased longevity. This is a stimulating book for academics, researchers, and practitioners concerned with the study of aging, and for advanced students in these fields. |
| Beschreibung: | XVI, 237 S. |
| ISBN: | 0826187609 |
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| adam_text | Contents
Foreword ix
Stephen J. Cutler, PhD
Acknowledgments xiii
Contributors xv
Part I: Establishing A Context for What If Questions
Introduction to Part I 3
Mildred M. Seltzer
Chapter 1 Racing Against a Pale Horse 6
Mildred M. Seltzer
Part II: Disciplinary Perspectives
Introduction to Part II 31
Mildred M. Seltzer
Chapter 2 The Longevity Revolution 33
Robert C.Atchley
Chapter 3 Taking A Longer View: Sociological Perspectives on
Longer Life 51
Jon Hendricks
Chapter 4 Some Psychological Implications of an Explosion of
Centenarians 71
Lillian E. Troll
Chapter 5 Culture as Constraint and Potential for a Long Lived
Society 87
Dena Shenk and Jennie Keith
• vii •
viii • CONTENTS
Chapter 6 Political Implications of an Extended life Span 109
Robert B. Hudson
Partm: From Theory to Practice
Introduction to Part III 129
Mildred M. Seltzer
Chapter 7 Social Work: More of the Same or Something New? 131
Ruth E. Dunkle and Susan Lynch
Chapter 8 But Doctor My Left Knee is Also 100 148
Thomas D. McRae
Chapter 9 Long Term Care in the Very Long Term 165
Hiram J. Friedsam
Part IV: The Meaning of Age
Introduction to Part IV 191
Mildred M. Seltzer
Chapter 10 Paradigm Strain: The Old Age Challenge to the
Biomedical Model 193
Charles F. Longino, Jr., and John W.Murphy
Chapter 11 What Does More Life Add Up To? 213
Mildred M. Seltzer
Index 233
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