Crossing frontiers : gerontology emerges as a science / W. Andrew Achenbaum.
Crossing frontiers : gerontology emerges as a science / W. Andrew Achenbaum.
Crossing frontiers : gerontology emerges as a science / W. Andrew Achenbaum.
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Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
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1995.
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N305.26/73
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English
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xiii, 278 p. ; 24 cm.
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1. Surveying the frontiers of aging -- 2. Setting boundaries for disciplined discoveries -- 3. Establishing outposts for multidisciplinary research on aging -- 4. Organizing the Gerontological Society to promote interdisciplinary research amid disciplinary and professional constrictions -- 5. Risk t...
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Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
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England
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1995.
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Although philosophers, physicians, and others have long pondered the meanings and experiences of growing older, gerontology did not emerge as a scientific field of inquiry in the United States until the twentieth century. The study of aging borrows from a variety of other disciplines, including medicine, psychology, sociology, and anthropology, but...
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Crossing frontiers : gerontology emerges as a science / W. Andrew Achenbaum.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N305.26/73
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0521558808 (pbk.)
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305.26
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