The Cambridge handbook of age and ageing / edited by Malcolm Johnson ; association with Vern L. Bengtson, Peter G. Coleman, Thomas B.L. Kirkwood.

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The Cambridge Handbook of Age and Ageing is a state-of-the-art guide to the current body of knowledge, theory, policy and practice relevant to age researchers and gerontologists around the world. It contains almost eighty original chapters, commissioned and written by the world’s leading gerontologists from sixteen countries and five continents. The broad focus of the book is on the behavioural and social sciences but it also includes important contributions from the biological and medical sciences. It provides comprehensive, accessible and authoritative accounts of all the key topics in the field ranging from theories of ageing, to demography, physical aspects of ageing, mental processes and ageing, nursing and healthcare for older people, the social context of ageing, cross-cultural perspectives, relationships, quality of life, gender, and financial and policy provision. This handbook will be a must-have resource for all researchers, students and professionals with an interest in age and ageing.