A spiritual life, one focused on personal growth and deep human experience, is a major focus and motivator for people over the age of forty. Yet there is a marked lack of rigorous academic study of sp
Atchley and Barusch's interdisciplinary approach has produced a text that provides the concepts, information, insight, and examples students need to achieve a basic understanding of aging as a social
As we confront our own mortality, we might ask, "What has my long life meant and how have the years shaped me?" or "How long must I suffer?" Such questions reflect time-consciousne
本書作者Robert Atchley是著名的老年學家，對於老年問題有深入的研究，其著作也被許多老年學相關科系採用為教科書。本書即以其《社會老年學》（ Social Forces and Aging: An Introduction to Social Gerontology, 10th Edition）一書的原文為基礎，在濃縮或刪除比較與我國國情無關的章節後，再加入台灣的資料，希望能為國內各老年學
