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SOCIOLOGY
A Down-to-Earth Approach 8/e
James M. Henslin
Chapter Thirteen:
The Elderly
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Chapter 13: The Elderly
Aging in Global Perspective
 Social Construction of Aging
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Tiwi vs. Abkhasians
 Industrialization and Graying of the Globe
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Chapter 13: The Elderly
Aging in Global Perspective
 Social Construction of Aging
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Tiwi vs. Abkhasians
 Industrialization and Graying of the Globe
 Graying of America
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Race, Ethnicity, and Aging
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Symbolic Interactionist
Perspective
Deciding When You Are Old
 Biology
 Personal History
 Gender Age
 Timetable
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Symbolic Interactionist
Perspective
What does Old Age Mean?
 Traditional Native Americans
 Tiwi
 Eskimos
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Changing Perceptions
of the Elderly
 Shifting Meanings
 Influence of Mass Media
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Functionalist Perspective
 Disengagement Theory
 Activity Theory
 Continuity Theory
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Conflict Perspective
 Social Security Legislation
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Conflict Perspective
 Social Security Legislation
 Intergenerational Conflict
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Conflict Perspective
Fighting Back
 Gray Panthers
 AARP
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Problems of Dependency
 Gender and Old Age
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Problems of Dependency
 Gender and Old Age
 Nursing Homes
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Understaffing, Dehumanization, and Death
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Technology and Nursing Homes
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A New Model
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Problems of Dependency
 Elder Abuse
 Elderly Poor
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Gender and Poverty
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Problems of Dependency
 Elder Abuse
 Elderly Poor
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Gender and Poverty
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Race-Ethnicity and Poverty
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Sociology of Death
and Dying
 Industrialization and New Technology
 Death as a Process
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Denial
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Anger
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Negotiation
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Depression
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Acceptance
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Sociology of Death
and Dying
 Hospices
 Suicide and Age
 Adjusting to Death
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