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E-book
Author Nussbaum, Jon F

Title Communication and Aging
Edition 2nd ed
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (390 pages)
Series Communication
Communication
Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents in Brief; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1: Communication and Aging: Pragmatic and Theoretical Considerations; CHAPTER 2: Attitudes and Ageism; CHAPTER 3: Relational Considerations; CHAPTER 4: Mass Media Use and Aging; CHAPTER 5: Mass Communication Theory and Media Portrayals of Elderly People; CHAPTER 6: Work, Leisure, and Retirement; CHAPTER 7: Aging and the family: Marital Relationships; CHAPTER 8: Aging and the Family: Relational Lifestyle Changes; CHAPTER 9: Aging and the family: Parents, Grandparents, and Siblings
CHAPTER 10: Friendship and AgingCHAPTER 11: Barriers To Conversation Facing Elderly People; CHAPTER 12: Health, Communication, and Aging; CHAPTER 13: Death and Dying; CHAPTER 14: Successful Aging; Author Index; Subject Index
Summary This text employs a communication perspective to examine the aging process and the ability of individuals to adapt successfully to aging. It continues the groundbreaking work of the first edition, emphasizing a life-span approach toward understanding the
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Subject Older people -- Communication -- United States
Interpersonal communication.
Aging -- Psychological aspects.
Old age -- Social aspects -- United States
Aging -- Psychological aspects
Interpersonal communication
Old age -- Social aspects
Older people -- Communication
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Pecchioni, Loretta L
Robinson, James D
Thompson, Teresa
ISBN 9781410606075
1410606074