Leslie Morgan is Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. She has authored or co-authored three previous books and has also published over 30 articles and book chapters. Her research has focused on a variety of issues related to the aging of the population and issues confronting older persons, including widowhood, economic well-being, family relationships, and housing alternatives. Suzanne Kunkel is Director of the Scripps Gerontology Center and Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Miami University. She has published more than 25 articles, research monographs, and book chapters, primarily in the areas of the measurement of health and projections of health care needs for the older population. She is currently Past President of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education.
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PART I. UNDERSTANDING AGING: FRAMES OF REFERENCE 1. Aging and Society 2. Studying Aging 3. Aging People in an Aging World PART II. DIMENSIONS OF AGING 4. Physiology of Human Aging 5. Psychological Perspectives on Aging 6. Sociological Perspectives on Aging PART III. SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND AGING 7. Aging in Families 8. Employment and Retirement 9. Economics and the Aging of Society 10. Health and Health Care 11. Politics, Government, and the Welfare State PART IV. THE FUTURE 12. Conclusion