Encyclopedia of ageism / Erdman Palmore, Laurence Branch, Diana Harris, editors.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Binhamton, N.Y. : Haworth Pastoral Press : Haworth Reference Press, c2005.Description: xviii, 347 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0789018896 (alk. paper)
- 078901890X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 305.2603 22 PAL
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Abuse in nursing homes Abuse by elders in nursing homes Advertising African Americans Age conflict Age denial Age inequality Age norms Age segregation Age stratification Aged as a minority group Ageism in the Bible Ageism survey Age-specific public programs Alcoholism Antiaging medicine Architecture Art Arts Assisted living Attribution theory Benefits of aging Biological definitions of aging Blaming the aged; Books; Botox; Cards ; Change strategies Changes in attitudes. Children's attitudesChildren's literature Churches; Cohorts; Consent to treatment Cost-benefit analysis Costs of ageism Criminal victimization Cross-cultural ageism; Cultural lag; Cultural sources or ageism; Definitions; Demographic trends; Dentistry; Disability; Discounts; Disengagement theory; Driver's license testing; Education; Employment discrimination; Ethical issues; Euphemisms; Face-lifts; Facts on Aging Quiz; Facts on Aging and Mental Health Quiz; Family; Financial abuse; Functional age; Future of ageism; Generational equity; Geriatrics; Gerontocracy; Gerontology; Health care. HispanicsHistory; HIV/AIDS; Hollywood; Housing; Human rights of older persons; Humor; Hypertension; Individual sources of ageism; Intergenerational projects; Isolation ; Japan ; Journalism ; Language ; Legal review program ; Legal system ; Literature ; Living wills ; Mandatory retirement of judges ; Measuring ageism in children ; Medical students ; Memory and cognitive function ; Memory stereotypes ; Mental illness ; Modernization theory ; Nursing ; Nursing homes ; Organizations opposing ageism ; Patronizing; Pension bias; Perpetual youth; Physical therapy; Politics; Positive Aging Newsletter. Public policyReducing ageism; Responses to ageism; Retirement communities; Role expectations; Scapegoating; Self-fulfilling prophecy; Semantic differential scale; Senior centers; Sexism; Sexuality; Slogans; Social psychology; Social Security; Societal ageism; Songs; Stage theory; Stereotypes; Subcultures; Successful aging; Suicide; Tax breaks; Television; Terms preferred by older people; Theories of aging; Transportation; Types of ageists; Typologies; Unconscious ageism; Voice quality
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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