J Dianne Garner

Fundamentals of Feminist Gerontology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fundamentals of Feminist Gerontology strives to increase women's self-esteem and their overall quality of life by encouraging education and putting a stop to age, sex, and race discrimination. As a student or professional in psychology, social work, or gerontology, you will learn about feminist conceptions of retirement, economic issues, psychological issues, and social issues, and you will explore studies on old age discrimination and devaluation and sexism toward women in Western societies to gain an understanding of the experiences of older Western women. This book also shows how some women are experiencing empowerment through alternative health care, such as mind-body therapies, homeopathy, aromatherapy, and herbal medicine. Fundamentals of Feminist Gerontology will provide you with the tools to offer effective therapy to women to help them improve their own lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 153mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 313g
• ISBN-13: 9780789007629
• ISBN-10: 0789007622
• Artikelnr.: 22172787

Autorenporträt

Garner, J Dianne

Inhaltsangabe

Contents * Oldest Camper (Ruth Harriet Jacobs
PhD) * Feminism and Feminist Gerontology (J. Dianne Garner
DSW) * Older Women and the Health Care System: A Time for Change (N. Jane McCandless
PhD and Francis P. Conner
ACSW) * Alternative Therapies and Empowerment of Older Women (Susan Gaylord
PhD) * Women and Retirement (Virginia E. Richardson
PhD) * Older Women
Their Children
and Grandchildren: A Feminist Perspective on Family Relationships (Karen A. Roberto
PhD
Katherine R. Allen
PhD
Rosemary Blieszner
PhD) * Working with Abused Older Women from a Feminist Perspective (Linda Vinton
PhD) * Working with Terminally Ill Older Women: Can a Feminist Perspective Add New Insight and Direction? (N. Jane McCandless
PhD
Francis P. Conner
ACSW) * Older Women of Color: A Feminist Exploration of the Intersections of Personal
Familial
and Community Life (Kate Conway-Turner
PhD) * Negating Identity: A Feminist Analysis of the Social Invisibility of Older Lesbians (Elise M. Fullmer
PhD
Dena Shenk
PhD
Lynette J. Eastland
PhD) * A Feminist Model of Family Care: Practice and Policy Directions (Nancy R. Hooyman
PhD
Judith G. Gonyea
PhD) * Researching to Transgress: The Need for Critical Feminism in Gerontology (Ruth E. Ray
PhD) * Conclusions (J. Dianne Garner
DSW) * Overhaul (Ruth Harriet Jacobs
PhD) * About the Contributors * Index