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Guide to Humanistic Studies in Aging
. Ed(S): Cole, Thomas R.; Ray, Ruth E.; Kastenbaum, Robert
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Description for Guide to Humanistic Studies in Aging
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. Editor(s): Cole, Thomas R.; Ray, Ruth E.; Kastenbaum, Robert. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSP31. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 716.
This volume explores the moral, spiritual, and cultural terrain of aging through interdisciplinary scholarship and clinically based research. Aging has long been of interest to scholars and practitioners in a vast array of academic fields and professions. Thomas R. Cole, Ruth E. Ray, and Robert Kastenbaum have brought together leaders from a variety of academic realms to explore how aging is depicted in the modern era and the effect of these portrayals on individuals and society. The first section views aging and old age through the lenses of four disciplines: history, literature, religion, and philosophy. It probes the idea ... Read more
This volume explores the moral, spiritual, and cultural terrain of aging through interdisciplinary scholarship and clinically based research. Aging has long been of interest to scholars and practitioners in a vast array of academic fields and professions. Thomas R. Cole, Ruth E. Ray, and Robert Kastenbaum have brought together leaders from a variety of academic realms to explore how aging is depicted in the modern era and the effect of these portrayals on individuals and society. The first section views aging and old age through the lenses of four disciplines: history, literature, religion, and philosophy. It probes the idea ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801894336
SKU
V9780801894336
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About . Ed(S): Cole, Thomas R.; Ray, Ruth E.; Kastenbaum, Robert
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. ... Read more
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