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This best-selling, multidisciplinary, social aging text presents positive images of aging while considering the many factors that contribute to how aging individuals experiences life.Up-to-date and expanded, this text offers a comprehensive view that presents aging positively, portraying concepts of active aging and resiliency, and defining “productive aging” by elaborating on the numerous ways elders contribute to society and their families. Based on the latest research findings, it offers greater depth to critical issues of aging, attending to differences by age and cohort, gender, ethnic minority status, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status.0205802621 / 9780205802623 Social Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective with MySocKitPackage consists of0205684297 / 9780205684298 MySocKit -- Valuepack Access Card0205763138 / 9780205763139 Social Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective