Aging: Concepts and Controversies

by Harry R. Moody

Welcome to the world′s most unique and dynamic textbook on aging. Widely praised and adopted, Harry "Rick" Moody has again presented the key concepts and controversies in an engaging and accessible fashion, supported with carefully chosen adapted readings, resulting in the most captivating introduction to gerontology available today. From the opening chapter, the author encourages students to see aging not as a fixed period of life but as a process beginning at birth and extending over the entire life course. The pedagogical design of this book focuses on controversies and questions rather than on assimilating facts or coming up with a single "correct" view about aging or older people. The readings are selected to highlight ongoing debates in the field and to stimulate students to think more deeply about what is at stake in the issues presented. 

Genres: Textbooks, School

504 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Susan Mulanax]

All op ed. Very thin with data and facts. I don’t really care what these dates people wrote essays about. I want truth through data facts and studies. Required for a course. Will return.

[Dayna]

This has been a very informative book. There remains many other questions to be asked by more than just society, but to the society and in fact to the individual Elders themselves to whom are in questions of and about these concepts and controversies are about.
Should people have the right to end their lives if they are going to die early?
Should have they have the right to choose their own options about their own health care?
Should they have the right to choose to have to pay for health care that they no longer need (due to age - such as pregnancy, maternity leave, so on and so forth.
In a world where everyone is equal, where does individuality become important again?

[Terri Lynn]

This doesn't even feel like a textbook! It feels like a map to life after 50 with many controversies and stories from different points of view and much practical information. I loved reading this. How often can you say that about a textbook?