Handbook of Gerontology (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781639270088)

Gerontology is characterized as the scientific study of the phenomena of aging. The goal of gerontology is to trace the changes that take place in a cell, a tissue, an organ system, a group of organisms with the passage of time. Some of the common fields that fall under this domain are biogerontology, social gerontology, environmental gerontology, and jurisprudential gerontology. Gerontology utilizes the methodologies of many other scientific and medical disciplines and aims to learn about the aging process for the purpose of possibly minimizing the disabilities of old age. Geriatrics is a subset of gerontology that is concerned with the prevention and treatment of diseases in older people. This book provides comprehensive insights into the field of gerontology. It provides significant information of this discipline to help develop a good understanding of gerontology and related fields. Students and researchers actively engaged in this field will find this book full of crucial and unexplored concepts.

Author: Oliver Fincher
ISBN-10: 1639270086
ISBN-13: 9781639270088
Publisher: American Medical Publishers
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2022
Pages: 243
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.88lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.56d