1st Edition
Lives Through the Years Styles of Life and Successful Aging
314 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
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Growing old - what is it like? What are the main problems of the aging? Lack of fulfillment in their work and life? Loneliness? Anxiety about sickness and disability? Fear of death? This well-documented, theoretically systematic, and vivid account of the process of aging provides highly enlightening answers and dispels once and for all many of the myths surrounding the close to 20 million... Read more
Foreword, Acknowledgments, One. BACKGROUND AND NATURE OF THE STUDY, Two. WORLD OF WORK, Three. FAMILISM, Four. LIVING ALONE, Five. COUPLEHOOD, Six. EASING THROUGH LIFE WITH MINIMAL INVOLVEMENT, Seven. LIVING FULLY, Eight. SUCCESS AND STYLE, Nine. SOME RELATED OBSERVATIONS, Ten. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS, Appendix One. GENERAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE KANSAS CITY STUDY OF ADULT LIFE, Appendix Two. RANK ORDER OF SUCCESSFUL AGING BY STYLE, Index, Index of Case Histories
Biography
Claudine G. Wirths, Richard A. Williams
