Behavior and Adaptation in Late LifeEwald W. Busse, Eric Pfeiffer Little, Brown, 1977 - 382 pages In this book we have tried to bring together basic information which has a bearing on how people adapt to growing old. We feel that no single discipline, whether it be psychiatry, sociology, biology, or economics, can claim to offer a comprehensive explanation of how aged people act, think, and feel, or what the multiple determinants of their behavior are. Moreover, we feel that a mere collection of unrelated essays by experts from differing fields is not satisfactory, but that instead an integration of the diverse contributions is needed. -- Preface. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Theories of Aging | 8 |
Sociological Aspects of Aging | 31 |
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