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Issues in Aging Serie de eBooks

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  • Continuing to Care

    Older Americans and Their Families in the 21st Century

    de Karen Ann Conner ...
    Series series Issues in Aging
    'Continuing to Care?' describes the challenges of an aging America and changing family system. Caregiving has always been a primary obligation of the family based on an informal intergenerational contract that specifies 'who owes what to whom.' This system of intergenerational reciprocity has been a central feature of American family life and has formed the foundation for successful social ... Leer más

    $4,201 MXN

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  • Aging in Canada

    de Neena L. Chappell, Marcus J. Hollander ...
    Canada, like other countries, is aging. The media has reported on a "grey tsunami," a demographic change reflecting longer life expectancy and the retirement of the so-called baby boomer generation. The numbers and percentages of older adults within our population continue to increase. In 2010, 15.3 percent of Canada's population was over 65; in 2030, it will be 24.1 percent. Many commentators ... Leer más

    $173 MXN

  • Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count

    Why Schools and Cultures Count

    de Richard E. Nisbett ...
    “[Nisbett] weighs in forcefully and articulately . . . [using] a thoroughly appealing style to engage . . . throughout.”—Publishers WeeklyWho are smarter, Asians or Westerners? Are there genetic explanations for group differences in test scores? From the damning research of The Bell Curve to the more recent controversy surrounding geneticist James Watson’s statements, one factor has been ... Leer más

    $281 MXN

  • Divorce

    Causes and Consequences

    de Professor Alison Clarke-Stewart, Professor Cornelia Brentano ...
    Series series Current Perspectives in Psychology
    This comprehensive book provides a balanced overview of the current research on divorce. The authors examine the scientific evidence to uncover what can be said with certainty about divorce and what remains to be learned about this socially and politically charged issue. Accessible to parents and teachers as well as clinicians and researchers, the volume examines the impact of marital breakup on ... Leer más

    $415 MXN

  • The Equal Parent Presumption

    Social Justice in the Legal Determination of Parenting after Divorce

    de Edward Kruk ...
    In custody battles over the children of separated parents, the prevailing standard of evaluating what is in the "best interests of the child" has been scrutinized because of the discretionary nature of what is "best" and because of the bias in favour of the child residing in one "primary residence." In response, a consensus is beginning to emerge that it is vitally important that children maintain ... Leer más

    $287 MXN

  • Cross Cultural Awareness and Social Justice in Counseling

    de Cyrus Marcellus Ellis, Jon Carlson ...
    Many societal and cultural changes have taken place over the past several decades, almost all of which have had a significant effect on the mental health professions. Clinicians find themselves encountering clients from highly diverse backgrounds more and more often, increasing the need for a knowledge of cross-cultural competencies. Ellis and Carlson have brought together some of the leaders in ... Leer más

    $1,269 MXN

  • Within Our Reach

    de Lisbeth Schorr ...
    In this solidly researched book, the authors demonstrate that the knowledge and techniques exist to decrease the incidence of welfare dependency, poor single-parent families and alienated, uneducated youth. In addition to providing a detailed account of the problem, they describe twenty-four programs that have proved successful in changing the lives of seriously disadvantaged children. ... Leer más

    $216 MXN

  • Aging, Society, and the Life Course

    de Leslie A. Morgan, PhD, Suzanne R. Kunkel, PhD ...
    Doody's Score: 91, 4 Stars"[This] book's unfading preoccupation with social context, social processes, and social structures distinguishes itself and greatly contributes to the discourse in gerontology."--The GerontologistThis is a comprehensive textbook for both undergraduate and graduate level courses, detailing the impact of societal forces on the aging process. The book focuses on the ... Leer más

    $1,647 MXN

  • Elder Abuse and Mistreatment

    de Joanna Mellor, Patricia Brownell ...
    Provide the most effective service possible to help victims of this growing social problemElder Abuse and Mistreatment is a comprehensive overview of current policy issues, new practice models, and up-to-date research on elder abuse and neglect. Experts in the field provide insight into elder abuse with newly examined populations to create an understanding of how to design service plans for ... Leer más

    $1,389 MXN

  • Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African-American Perspective

    Second Edition

    de Letha A See ...
    Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African-American Perspective, Second Edition is an updating of the classic text that presents leading black scholars discussing complex human behavior problems faced by African-Americans in today’s society. This new edition provides fresh theories and the latest practical interventions not in the first edition that show, for example, how to enhance ... Leer más

    $1,492 MXN

  • The Social Ecology of Resilience

    A Handbook of Theory and Practice

    Edición de Michael Ungar ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    More than two decades after Michael Rutter (1987) published his summary of protective processes associated with resilience, researchers continue to report definitional ambiguity in how to define and operationalize positive development under adversity. The problem has been partially the result of a dominant view of resilience as something individuals have, rather than as a process that families, ... Leer más

    $2,182 MXN

  • Rural Social Work Practice

    Edición de Nancy Lohmann, Roger Lohmann ...
    Featuring contributions from practitioners, researchers, and academics, this volume synthesizes and analyzes current trends in rural social work practice and considers the most effective ways to serve rural communities. Contributors consider the history and development of rural social work from its beginnings to the present day, addressing the value of the Internet and other new information ... Leer más

    $615 MXN