Full title: Aging into the 21st century : middle-agers today / edited by Lissy F. Jarvik ; Helene Kratz, assistant editor.

Author/creator: Jarvik, Lissy F, Kratz, Helene.

Call Numbers: T0185173

Record Identifier: 74VvNZy3P5OM

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: ix, 214 p. ; 22 cm., The aged in the 21st century: a demographer's view / David McFarland -- pt. 1. Is the life span expandable?: biological perspectives Cells age: Are lysosomes among the villains? / Christian de Duve -- The "metabolic code" -a key to prolonging life? / Gordon M. Tomkins -- A biologist laments and exhorts / Alexander Comfort -- Nutrition and aging: Are we what we've eaten? / Roslyn Alfin-Slater and Ruth Friedman -- pt. 2. Societal response: psychological perspectives Aging and intellectual functioning: great expectations? / Asenath LaRue and Lissy F. Jarvik -- The reality of psychological change / Marjorie Fiske -- Group communication and group therapy with the aged: a promising project / Martin Grotjahn -- Societal response to aging: some possible consequences / Carl Eisdorfer -- The future and the young-old / Bernice L. Neugarten -- Designs for living / Roslyn Lindheim -- Designs for learning / Howard Y. McClusky -- Will senior power become a reality? / George L. Maddox -- A gerontologist's overview / James Birren.

Publishers: New York : Gardner Press : distributed by Halsted Press, c1978.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Transferred from: N301.435/61.

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DDC: 301.435

MMS ID: 991012799819702626