| Description |
x, 249 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
SUNY series in aging |
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SUNY series in aging.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1: The human science approach to understanding adulthood and aging / L. Eugene Thomas -- The hermeneutical approach --Chapter 2: May Sarton's journals: attachment and separateness in later life / Harry J. Berman -- Chapter 3: Biblical hermeneutics and the aging experience / J. Gordon Harris -- Chapter 4: From quantitative to qualitative reason: a developmental perspective / Allan B. Chinen -- Participant observation -- Chapter 5: Talking about menopause: a dialogic analysis / Mary Gergen -- Chapter 6: The domestic meaning of institutionalization / Jaber F. Gubrium -- The intensive case study -- Chapter 7: Temporality and affect: the personal meaning of well-being / Robert L. Rubinstein -- Qualitative research with older creative adults / Karol Sylcox Ferguson -- Chapter 9: Memory, identity, history and the understanding of dementia / Karl E. Scheibe -- The in-depth interview -- Chapter 10: More than counting years: social aspects of time and the identity of elders / Susan A. Eisenhandler -- Chapter 11: 'Successful aging' among elderly men in England men in England and India: a phenomenological comparison / L. Eugene Thomas and Kim O. Chambers -- Social relationships among the rural elderly: a multimethod approach / Linda A. Wood -- Commentary -- Gerontology with a human face / Harry R. Moody |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Adulthood.
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Aging -- Social aspects.
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Gerontology.
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Middle age.
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Adult.
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Aged.
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Adaptation, Psychological.
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Aging.
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| Author |
Thomas, L. Eugene, 1932-
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| LC no. |
88031873 |
| ISBN |
0791400689 |
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0791400697 (paperback) |
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