NUR205 Perspectives on Aging: Guides & Handbooks

Provides a comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest and most important advances and themes in modern biogerontology.

Explains patterns and sub-patterns of behavior over the lifespan, and how they are affected by biological, health, and social interactions. New topics include preclinical neuropathology, audition and language comprehension in adult aging, cognitive interventions and neural processes, social interrelations, age differences in the connection of mood and cognition, cross-cultural issues, financial decision-making and capacity, technology, gaming, social networking, and more.

Review of scientific knowledge on the consequences of losing a loved person through death.

Presents a step-by-step program for recovering from loss, discussing the concepts of grief and recovery, the extent to which people are prepared to deal with loss, and the active decision to recover.

Volume 1 examines the cultural, historical, and societal frameworks of death, such as the universal fear of death, spirituality and various religions, the legal definition of death, suicide, and capital punishment. Volume 2 covers topics such as rites and ceremonies, grief and bereavement, and legal matters after death.