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Peer reviewedAdelman, Richard C. – Gerontologist, 1995
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) invests a disproportionately large share of its resources in research on Alzheimer's Disease at the expense of other interests of the broader scientific community in gerontology. Complex social forces that continue to shape this outcome embrace discipline-specific traditions of science advocacy, as well as…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Aging (Individuals), Alzheimers Disease, Chronic Illness
