Guide to Humanistic Studies in Aging - What Does It Mean to Grow Old?

Informationen zum Autor Thomas R. Cole is the McGovern Chair in Medical Humanities and director of the John P. McGovern, M.D., Center for Health, Humanities, and the Human Spirit at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. Ruth E. Ray is a professor of English at Wayne State University. Robert Kastenbaum is an emeritus professor of gerontology at Arizona State University. Cole, Ray, and Kastenbaum edited the Handbook of the Humanities and Aging , second edition. Klappentext This comprehensive guide works at the nexus of the humanities and health professions to provide the intellectual rationale, history, and a substantive overview of humanistic gerontology as it has emerged in the United States and Europe.This comprehensive guide works at the nexus of the humanities and health professions to provide the intellectual rationale, history, and a substantive overview of humanistic gerontology as it has emerged in the United States and Europe.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Thomas R. Cole, Thomas R. (Beth Toby Grossman Professor in S Cole, Thomas R. (EDT)/ Ray Cole, Thomas R. Ray Cole
• Con la collaborazione di: Thomas R Cole (Editore), Thomas R. Cole (Editore), Thomas R. (Beth Toby Grossman Professor in Spirituality and Health Cole (Editore), Cole Thomas R. (Editore), Robert Kastenbaum (Editore), Robert (Professor Emeritus Kastenbaum (Editore), Kastenbaum Robert (Editore), Ruth E Ray (Editore), Ruth E. Ray (Editore), Ruth E. (Professor Ray (Editore)
• Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.07.2010
• EAN: 9780801894336
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-9433-6
• Pagine: 400
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Condotta di vita, auto-realizzazione; Narrativa > Libri regalo, album, calendari perpetui, libri di cartoline; Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia applicata; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gerontology, Age groups: the elderly, Age groups: the elderly / old age