Human ageing and later life : multidisciplinary perspectives - Warnes, A. M.; Age Concern Institute of Gerontology (London : Edward Arnold, 1989)
Pt. 1. Ageing processes: 1. Basic biological apects of ageing / Alan Hipkiss and Alan Bittles. 2. The production and removal of abnormal proteins: a key question in the biology of ageing / Alan Hipkiss. 3. The role of mitochondria in cellular ageing / Alan Bittles. 4. Eyes and age / Robert Weale. 5. The ageing of populations / Anthony Warnes -- Pt. 2. Ageing and elderly people in society: 6. Ageing and social policy: a twentieth century dilemma / Andrew Blaikie and John Macnicol. 7. Successful ageing and life course reciprocity / Toni Antonucci and James Jackson. 8. Living arrangements and social support in later life / Emily Grundy. 9. The need for support / Janet Askham. 10. Planning health care: the community approach / James McEwen. 11. Health care of the elderly: the concept of progress. 12. Key issues in nursing elderly people / Sally Redfern -- Pt. 3. Prospects: third age lives in the next generation: 13. "Third Age" lives in the next generation: changing attitudes and expectations / Mark Abrams. 14. Education and later live / Brian Groombridge. 15. Responding to the challenge of ageing / Anthony Warnes.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Aging; Aging -- Social aspects; Aging -- Physiological aspects