Aging: Concepts and Controversies
Presenting current research in an innovative format, Aging: Concepts and Controversies encourages students to become involved and take an informed stand on the major aging issues that we face as a society. Leading author and active expert in gerontology Rick Moody provides thorough explanation of the issues in the Concepts sections and current research in the Controversy sections, demonstrating the close link between concepts and controversies in these broad areas of aging: health care,...
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In the new, updated edition of this textbook, Harry Moody takes an approach which combines theory with controversy at a time when every aspect of provision for the aged is under scrutiny or attack. Students are invited to discuss social and ethical issues such as health-care provision and euthanasia, as well as more theoretical arguments about the meaning of old age.
PrefacePrologue: America as an Aging SocietyBASIC CONCEPTSAGING HEALTH CARE AND SOCIETYControversy 1. Should We Ration Health Care for Older People?Contravery 2. Should Families Provide for Their Own?Contraversy 3. Should Older People Be Protected From Bad Choices?Contraversy 4. Should People Have the Choice to End Their Lives?BASIC CONCEPT II. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR AN AGING SOCIETYControversy 5. Should Age or Need Be the Basic for Entitlement?6. What Is the Future for Social Security?Controversy 7. Is Retirement Obsolete?BASIC CONCEPTS III. A LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE ON AGINGControversy 8. Why do We Grow Old?Controversy 9. Does Creativity Decline with Age?Controversy 10. Does Old Age Have Meaning?Resources for Papers in GerontologyInternet Resources on AgingReferencesGlossaryIndex
\ Cynthia Lange"Moody always presents excellent information and data that leads to lively class discussion. This book prepares future generations for their own aging."\ \ \ \ \ ACTIVITIES, ADAPTATION & AGING - Margaret Bull\ "The book is clearly written and encourages students to engage in critical thinking about salient issues in gerontology."\ \ \ Carol A. Gosselink"Some might like to read the volume to be informed about their own or their parents' aging and the ramifications of the massive demographic shift in the coming decades."\ \ \ \ \ Christine Caffrey"Aging: Concepts and Controversies is powerful. It challenges instructors and students to approach learning in a different way."\ \
