Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 2, 1981 [Hardcover]

The second volume in this long-running series presents the usual critical and intensive review chapters divided into five sections but also addresses particular topics of special interest, including drugs and their use, and misuse, among the aged; the nonmedication orientation to treatment of various disorders; the immune system; and clinical procedures in the management of urinary incontinence. As with all the volumes, the contributors represent an international array of leading experts.

Introduction,Carl Eisdorfer, PhD, MD
Contributors
Contents, Volume 3
Section I: Biological Sciences

1. Immunopathology of Aging,Roy L. Walford, Richard H. Weindruch, Susan R.S. Gottesman, and C.F. Tam
2. Aging and Basal Gangliar Functions,Caleb E. Finch, Patrick K. Randall, and John F. Marshall

Section II: Behavioral and Social Sciences

3. Ethnicity and Aging,Donald E. Gelfand
4. Age Changes in Sex Roles amid Changing Sex Roles: The Double Shift,Lillian E. Troll and Eugenia M. Parron
5. Bereavement and Grief,Susan K. Bettis and Frances G. Scott
6. Behavior Therapies,Robert G. Riedel

Section III: Health and Clinical Practices

7. Drug Treatment of Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly,Jerome A. Yesavage and Roy King
8. Aging and Drug Therapy,Joy B. Plein and Elmer M. Plein
9. Alcoholism and Over-the-Counter and Prescription Drug Misuse in the Elderly,Joseph H. Atkinson, Jr. and Marc A. Schuckit
10. Past and Future Directions in Gerontological Nursing Research,Sue B. Foster and Patricia G. Archbold

Section IV: Policy and Planning

11. Aging, Retirement, and the Economic Security of the Elderly: An Economic Review,Robert L. Clark
12. Long-Term Health Care Planning: The State of the Practice,Stanley J. Brody and Saul M. Spivack

Section V: Social and Community Services