AGING, 3RD EDITION - FRENCH - MISHARA,BL, RIEDEL,RG

Authors
Citation
G. Perodeau, AGING, 3RD EDITION - FRENCH - MISHARA,BL, RIEDEL,RG, Canadian journal on aging, 15(2), 1996, pp. 338-339
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
ISSN journal
07149808
Volume
15
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
338 - 339
Database
ISI
SICI code
0714-9808(1996)15:2<338:A3E-F->2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
This is the third edition. of a book published at the beginning of the 80s. According to Mishara and his colleagues, as many studies in gero ntology have been undertaken in the last decade as the previous 50 yea rs. In order to update the last edition, the authors kept the same for mat as in the other editions. Leaving aside more recent studies showin g the same conclusions as in the earlier editions, the authors instead added studies which present new elements or which possibly may invali date or confirm ambiguous results from the past. The themes discussed are practically the same as in the previous edition. A new chapter was added on the use of medicines and drugs by the elderly. The chapters pertaining to death and grief are of particular interest. This book, a lthough academic, has a flowing style and is a great added value to a library if the reader does not have any of the previous editions.