Research Catalog

Title

Encyclopedia of ageism / Erdman Palmore, Laurence Branch, Diana Harris, editors.

Publication

Binhamton, N.Y. : Haworth Pastoral Press : Haworth Reference Press, ©2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Palmore, Erdman B. (Erdman Ballagh), 1930-
• Branch, Laurence G.
• Harris, Diana K.

Description

xviii, 347 pages; 23 cm

Summary

The 'Encyclopedia of Ageism' is a comprehensive review of over 125 aspects of ageism, arranged alphabetically. Some 60 experts examine such topics as anti-aging, stereotypes and the media, with numerous references & a bibliography for further reading.

Subject

• Ageism > Encyclopedias
• Prejudices
• Older people
• Prejudice
• Aged
• elderly
• Prejudices
• Older people
• Ageism
• Discriminatie (sociologie)
• Leeftijd
• Discrimination selon l'âge
• Personne âgée

Genre/Form

• Encyclopedia
• encyclopedias.
• Encyclopedias
• Encyclopedias.
• Encyclopédie (Descripteur de forme)
• Encyclopédies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Abuse in nursing homes -- Abuse by elders in nursing homes -- Advertising -- African Americans -- Age conflict -- Age denial -- Age inequality -- Age norms -- Age segregation -- Age stratification -- Aged as a minority group -- Ageism in the Bible -- Ageism survey -- Age-specific public programs -- Alcoholism -- Antiaging medicine -- Architecture -- Art -- Arts -- Assisted living -- Attribution theory -- Benefits of aging -- Biological definitions of aging -- Blaming the aged -- Books -- Botox -- Cards -- Change strategies -- Changes in attitudes -- Children's attitudes -- Children's literature -- Churches -- Cohorts -- Consent to treatment -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Costs of ageism -- Criminal victimization -- Cross-cultural ageism -- Cultural lag -- Cultural sources of ageism -- Definitions -- Demographic trends -- Dentistry -- Disability -- Discounts -- Disengagement theory -- Driver's license testing -- Education -- Employment discrimination -- Ethical issues -- Euphemisms -- Face-lifts -- Facts on aging quiz -- Facts on aging and mental health quiz -- Family -- Financial abuse -- Functional age -- Future of ageism -- Generational equity -- Geriatrics -- Gerontocracy -- Gerontology -- Health care -- Hispanics -- History -- HIV/AIDS -- Hollywood -- Housing -- Human rights of older persons -- Humor -- Hypertension -- Individual sources of ageism -- Intergenerational projects -- Isolation -- Japan -- Journalism -- Language -- Legal review program -- Legal system -- Literature -- Living wills -- Mandatory retirement of judges -- Measuring ageism in children -- Medical students -- Memory and cognitive function -- Memory stereotypes -- Mental illness -- Modernization theory -- Nursing -- Nursing homes -- Organizations opposing ageism -- Patronizing -- Pension bias -- Perpetual youth -- Physical therapy -- Politics -- Positive aging newsletter -- Public policy -- Reducing ageism -- Responses to ageism -- Retirement communities -- Role expectations -- Scapegoating -- Self-fulfilling prophecy -- Semantic differential scale -- Senior centers -- Sexism -- Sexuality -- Slogans -- Social psychology -- Social Security -- Societal ageism -- Songs -- Stage theory -- Stereotypes -- Subcultures -- Successful aging -- Suicide -- Tax breaks -- Television -- Terms preferred by older people -- Theories of aging -- Transportation -- Types of ageists -- Typologies -- Unconscious ageism -- Voice quality

ISBN

• 0789018896
• 9780789018892
• 078901890X
• 9780789018908

LCCN

2004014795

OCLC

• ocm55801014
• 55801014
• SCSB-1421922

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library