TY - BOOK AU - Sheets,Debra J. AU - Bradley,Dana Burr AU - Hendricks,Jon TI - Enduring questions in gerontology SN - 0826164153 [hardbound] PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Springer Pub. Co. KW - Gerontology KW - Aging KW - Geriatrics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: Prologue: finding new beacons: searching for timeless and interdisciplinary perspectives / George L. Maddox -- Identifying enduring questions in gerontology / Jon Hendricks, Debra Sheets, and Dana Burr Bradley -- A biologist's perspective: whence come we, where are we, whither go we? / Steven N. Austad -- New avenues, new questions, and changing perspectives in geriatric medicine / Kenneth Brummel-Smith -- New avenues, new questions, and changing perspectives in geriatric medicine / Kenneth Brummel-Smith -- The analytic template in the psychology of aging / Manfred Diehl and Alissa Dark-Freudeman -- The dynamic nature of societal aging in a global perspective / Chris Phillipson -- Whatever happened to culture? / Christine L. Fry -- The contributions of philosophy and ethics in the study of age / Martha Holstein and Mark Waymack -- Historical gerontology: it is a matter of time / W. Andrew Achenbaum -- The purview and sweep of aging policy / Phoebe S. Liebig -- Epilogue: gerontology-past, present, and future / James E. Birren UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0609/2005054063.html ER -