Aging and Biography: Explorations in Adult Development

ISBN 10: 0826189806 / ISBN 13: 9780826189806

Published by Springer Pub Co, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aging and Biography: Explorations in Adult Development
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826189806
• ISBN 13: 9780826189806
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

University of California, Los Angeles. Multidisciplinary research on the use of biography in understanding late adult development. For gerontologists, geriatricians, and psychologists.

From the Back Cover

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Personal life narratives can serve as a rich source of new insights into the experience of human aging. In this comp;rehensive volume, an international team of editors and contributors provide effective approaches to using biography to enhance our understanding of adult development. In addition to providing new theoretical aspects on aging and biography, the book also details new developments concerning the practical use of different biographical approaches in both research and clinical work. This is a landmark volume advancing the use of narrative approaches in gerontology.

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