Handbook of minority aging / editors, Keith E. Whitfield and Tamara A. Baker ; associate editors, Cleopatra M. Abdou [and 7 others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Psychology of minority aging -- Part II. Public health/biology of minority aging -- Part III. Social work and minority aging -- Part IV. Sociology of minority aging.

"This text provides up-to-date, multidisciplinary, and comprehensive information about aging among diverse racial and ethnic populations in the United States. It is the only book to focus on paramount public health issues as they relate to older minority Americans, and addresses social, behavioral, and biological concerns for this population. The text distills the most important advances in the science of minority aging and incorporates the evidence of scholars in gerontology, anthropology, psychology, public health, sociology, social work, biology, medicine, and nursing. Additionally, the book incorporates the work of both established and emerging scholars to provide the broadest possible knowledge base on the needs of and concerns for this rapidly growing population. Chapters focus on subject areas that are recognized as being critical in understanding the well being of minority elders. These include sociology (Medicare, SES, work and retirement, social networks, context/neighborhood, ethnography, gender, demographics), psychology (cognition, stress, mental health, personality, sexuality, religion, neuroscience, discrimination), medicine/nursing/public health (mortality and morbidity, disability, health disparities, long-term care, genetics, dietary issues, health interventions, physical functioning), social work (caregiving, housing, social services, end-of-life care), and many other topics. The book focuses on the needs of four major ethnic groups: Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino, African American, and Native American. Key Features: Provides current, comprehensive information about minority aging through a multidisciplinary lens; Integrates information from scholars in gerontology, anthropology, psychology, public health, sociology, social work, biology, medicine, and nursing; Emphasizes the principal public health issues concerning minority elders; Offers 'one-stop shopping' regarding the development of a substantial knowledge base about minority aging; Includes recent progressive research pertaining to the social, cultural, psychological and health needs of elderly minority adults in the US"--Provided by publisher.

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