Gerontological and geriatric specializations are emerging in practically all human service professions, which is not surprising when we consider that American society is undergoing what Cowgill (1977) termed a "revolution of age," an unprecedented decline of mortality and fertility rates. The net effects are obvious: as few children are born and more adults survive into advanced senescence, the elderly are becoming a proportionally larger segment...
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