Women as they age challenge, opportunity, and triumph J. Dianne Garner, Susan O. Mercer, editors. - New York Haworth Press c1989. - 415 p. 23 cm.

"Has also been published as Journal of women & aging, volume 1, numbers 1/2/3 1989"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction / J. Dianne Garner and Susan O. Mercer -- An international overview of aged women / Susan O. Mercer and J. Dianne Garner -- Women and aging : a sociological perspective / Susan A. McDaniel -- Women and aging : a psychological perspective / Susan Gaylord -- Coping patterns of aging women : a developmental perspective / Laura Hubbs-Tait -- Women and aging : a clinical social work perspective / Toba Schwaber Kerson -- Physical health of elderly women / Barbara P. Pearson and Cornelia M. Beck -- Mental health of elderly women / Cornelia M. Beck and Barbara P. Pearson -- A minority-feminist perspective on women and aging / Ketayun H. Gould -- Families, work, and the lives of older women / Naomi Gottlieb. Sexuality and intimacy for aging women : a changing perspective / Susan Rice -- Group work with older women : a modality to improve the quality of life / Irene M. Burnside -- Women and aging : perspectives on public and social policy / Lou Ann B. Jorgensen -- The double standard of aging and older women's employment / Kathleen E. Nuccio -- Women and aging : issues of adequacy and equity / June Axinn -- What's out there and how to get it : a practical resource guide for the helpers of older women / Cheryl H. Kinderknecht.

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Aged women--United States.
Aging
Aged women--Services for--United States.
Women

HQ1064.U5 / W598 1989

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