Physical Change And Aging: A Guide For The Helping Professions, 4th Edition - Softcover

Saxon PhD, Sue V.; Etten EdD GNP CMP FT, Mary Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826116558 ISBN 13: 9780826116550

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, 2002

Synopsis

The physical changes and the common pathologies associated with aging are discussed, along with the psychological and social implications of such changes. The guide is for nurses, gerontologists, social workers, psychologists, rehabilitation specialists and others in the helping professions.

Originally published by The Tiresias Press, Inc.

About this title

About the Author:

Sue V. Saxon, PhD, is professor emeritus at the School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida. She received her PhD in developmental psychology and counseling from Florida State University and pursued additional graduate work in physiological psychology at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Saxon was a research psychologist for the National Institutes of Health and for the Laboratory of Perinatal Physiology at the University of Puerto Rico Medical School, before joining the faculty in behavioral sciences at the University of South Florida. As a charter faculty member in the Aging Studies program, she has developed and taught numerous courses in aging as well as presented workshops, given in-service training, and authored a number of books and book chapters on aging. She has been designated a Gerontological Pioneer for outstanding achievement and exemplary contributions to the field of gerontology by the Southern Gerontological Society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0826116558
• ISBN 13: 9780826116550
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 480