The Oxford Book of Aging
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Most of us today can expect to live into our seventies in reasonably good health. (In fact, the fastest growing segment of the population is the group eighty-five and older.) Yet our culture offers few convincing ways to help us find purpose in our later years. The ancient and medieval vision of aging as a mysterious part of the eternal order of things has given way to the secular, scientific, and individualistic outlook of modernity. No longer seen...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:019507369X
ISBN13:9780195073690
Release Date:November 1994
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:432 Pages
Weight:1.43 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 5.9" x 8.5"
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best book on aging
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This is the best book on aging I have seen. The selections are very appropriate and cover many aspects of living, getting older and dying.
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