Older People in Modern Society - 9781138467538

Taylor & Francis

Older People in Modern Society is an established classic text in its field and through subsequent editions its reputation and that of its author has grown. > Older People in Modern Society is an established classic text in its field and through subsequent editions its reputation and that of its author has grown. In this fourth and renamed edition, Anthea Tinker synthesises and discusses a wide range of literature about older people, drawing from fields such as medicine, sociology and social policy and using primary source material to illustrate the text. She also introduces a number of topics that have attained greater importance since publication of the third edition in 1992, for example, continuing care and the abuse of older people. > Editor's prefaceAuthor's preface to the fourth editionAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsPart One. The background 1. Introduction2. A profile of older people3. General review of the literaturePart Two. Needs and how they are met 4. A criticalx