This unique book represents the first multi-disciplinary examination of ageing, covering everything from basic cell biology, to social participation in later life, to the representations of old age in the arts and literature.
A comprehensive introductory text about the latest scientific evidence on ageing, the book draws on the pioneering New Dynamics of Ageing Programme, the UK’s largest research programme in ageing. This programme brought together leading academics from acr...
Inhoudsopgave
Towards a new science of ageing ~ Alan Walker;
Understanding ageing: biological and social perspectives ~ Lynne S. Cox, Penelope A. Mason, Mark C. Bagley, David St...
Over de auteur
Alan Walker is Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology at The University of Sheffield. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, holds lifetime achievement awa...