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Margret Baltes provides insights into the social foundation of dependency with a blend of theoretical and empirical argument.
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Authors: Hans-Werner Wahl
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-01-09 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

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The main aim of the book is to provide an interdisciplinary treatment of a set of key issues of current ageing research, i.e., health, competence, and well-bein
Compensating for Psychological Deficits and Declines
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Authors: Roger A. Dixon
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The concept of compensation in psychology refers to processes through which a gap or mismatch between current accessible skills and environmental demands is red
Aging and Human Nature
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Authors: Mark Schweda
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This book focuses on ageing as a topic of philosophical, theological, and historical anthropology. It provides a systematic inventory of fundamental theoretical
Aging in World History
Language: en
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Authors: David G. Troyansky
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In Aging in World History, David G. Troyansky presents the first global history of aging. At a time when demographic aging has become a source of worldwide conc