The New Science of Ageing / / ed. by Alan Walker.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2014
• MitwirkendeR: Amigoni, David,; Arber, Sara,; Astell, Arlene,; Bagley, Mark C.,; Barrientos, Armando,; Bernard, Miriam,; Bernjak, Alan,; Bowling, Ann,; Coordinator, Chapter,; Cox, Lynne S.,; Creech, Andrea,; Crummett, Amanda,; Damodaran, Leela,; Davis, Terence,; Duncan, Myanna,; Gilhooly, Kenneth,; Giulio, Irene di,; Goulding, Anna,; Gyi, Diane,; Hallam, Susan,; Haslam, Cheryl,; Hennessy, Catherine,; Kazi, Aadil,; Latimer, Joanna E.,; Lloyd, Liz,; Lord, Janet,; Macdonald, Alastair,; Maganaris, Constantinos,; Maguire, Martin,; Mason, Penelope A.,; McCann, Jane,; McClintock, Peter V.E.,; Means, Robin,; Moynihan, Paula,; Munro, Lucy,; Murphy, Mike,; Murray, Michael,; Newman, Andrew,; Olphert, Wendy,; Peace, Sheila,; Percival, John,; Phillips, Anna C.,; Rezzano, Jill,; Rickett, Michelle,; Sandhu, Jatinder,; Stefanovska, Aneta,; Steinsaltz, David,; Tew, Philip,; Thompson, Janice L.,; Timmins, Mike,; Twumasi, Ricardo,; Upton, Jane,; Vera-Sanso, Penny,; Victor, Christina,; Walford, Nigel,; Walker, Alan,; Warren, Lorna,; team, MAP2030,; van den Heuvel, Eleanor,
• HerausgeberIn: Walker, Alan,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: The New Dynamics of Ageing
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)

This unique book represents the first multi-disciplinary examination of ageing, covering everything from basic cell biology, to social participation in later life, to the representations of old age in the arts and literature. A comprehensive introductory text about the latest scientific evidence on...

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Contents
• List of tables and figure
• Acknowledgements
• List of contributors
• Towards a new science of ageing
• Understanding ageing: biological and social perspectives
• Understanding and transforming ageing through the arts
• Maintaining health and wellbeing: overcoming barriers to healthy ageing
• Food environments: from home to hospital
• Participation and social connectivity
• Design for living in later life
• A new policy perspective on ageing
• References
• Appendix: NDA Programme project team members
• Index