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Presents the results of the MacArthur Foundation Study of Aging in America, which show how to maintain optimum physical and mental strength throughout later lif

Population ageing - a growth in the proportion of a population that is in older age - is now occurring in every region and nearly every country of the world. In

Presenting current research in an innovative text-reader format, Aging: Concepts and Controversies, Ninth Edition encourages students to become involved and tak