Aging: Concepts and Controversies

by Harry R. Moody

This highly successful, influential, and teachable book has changed the way many introductory social gerontology and aging policy courses are taught. It includes exciting topics designed to engage students and stimulate classroom debate, highly visible and current "Controversies," and short, classic readings from world-renowned writers. No other book so explicitly links theory with practice, taking the reader directly into everyday problems and challenges.

Genres: Textbooks, School

544 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Susan Mulanax · Rating 2 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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?