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Women as they age / J. Dianne Garner, Susan O. Mercer, editors

Contributor(s): Publication details: N. Y. : Haworth Press, c2001Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvi, 256 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0789011263
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.40973 WOM
Contents:
About the Editors. - Contributors. - Pt. I: Introduction. Ch. 1. Introduction: Accomplishments of Women As They Age. Ch. 2. Older Women: A Glogal View. - Pt. II: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Ch. 3. A Social Perspective on Women and Aging As the Millennium Turns. Ch. 4. Women and Aging: A Psychological Perspective. Ch. 5. Social Work Practice with Women As They Age. Ch. 6. Mental Health of Elderly Women. Ch. 7. Ethnic Minority Women As They Age. - Pt. III: Special Issues. Ch. 8. Older Women's Relationships: Weaving Lives Together. Ch. 9. Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren: Parenting the Second Time Around. Ch. 10. Sexuality and Intimacy for Aging Women: A Changing Perspective. Ch. 11. Long-Term Care and the New Millennium. Ch 12. The End of Aging: Women and Death. - Pt. IV: Policies and Resources. Ch. 13. Public Policy Effects on the Health Care of Older Women: Who Is in Charge? Ch. 14. A Practical Resource Guide. - Pt. V: Conclusions. Ch. 15. Conclusion: Empowerment and Self-Determination. Ch. 16. Animal Wisdom. - Index.
Summary: ... Women As They Age, Second Edition highlights the realities of being an aging woman in a youth-oriented, male-dominated society, in which socioeconomic and gender stratification are the norm. In the eleven years since the publication of the orginal Women As They Age, there has been a great deal of new research on the subject. This second edition is inclusive and current, providing valuable information on the needs and accomplishments of our present and future older population. Here you'll encounter women from the mainstream to minorities of all kinds, and come to a better understandings of their personal and family relationships, their sexuality, their concerns, and their feelings about death and dying. - Back cover
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About the Editors. - Contributors. - Pt. I: Introduction. Ch. 1. Introduction: Accomplishments of Women As They Age. Ch. 2. Older Women: A Glogal View. - Pt. II: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Ch. 3. A Social Perspective on Women and Aging As the Millennium Turns. Ch. 4. Women and Aging: A Psychological Perspective. Ch. 5. Social Work Practice with Women As They Age. Ch. 6. Mental Health of Elderly Women. Ch. 7. Ethnic Minority Women As They Age. - Pt. III: Special Issues. Ch. 8. Older Women's Relationships: Weaving Lives Together. Ch. 9. Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren: Parenting the Second Time Around. Ch. 10. Sexuality and Intimacy for Aging Women: A Changing Perspective. Ch. 11. Long-Term Care and the New Millennium. Ch 12. The End of Aging: Women and Death. - Pt. IV: Policies and Resources. Ch. 13. Public Policy Effects on the Health Care of Older Women: Who Is in Charge? Ch. 14. A Practical Resource Guide. - Pt. V: Conclusions. Ch. 15. Conclusion: Empowerment and Self-Determination. Ch. 16. Animal Wisdom. - Index.

... Women As They Age, Second Edition highlights the realities of being an aging woman in a youth-oriented, male-dominated society, in which socioeconomic and gender stratification are the norm. In the eleven years since the publication of the orginal Women As They Age, there has been a great deal of new research on the subject. This second edition is inclusive and current, providing valuable information on the needs and accomplishments of our present and future older population. Here you'll encounter women from the mainstream to minorities of all kinds, and come to a better understandings of their personal and family relationships, their sexuality, their concerns, and their feelings about death and dying. - Back cover