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Download full textShenk, Dena; Vora, Erika – 1982
A problem with gerontology theory is that it focuses on a social view of the aged, ignoring individual and cultural variables. A person is judged to have aged successfully if he has adjusted to society's definition of an "elderly person." Similarly, most studies of programs and options for the aged reflect the view of the service…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cross Cultural Studies, Gerontology, Older Adults
