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Brian L. Mishara et Robert G. Riedel. Le vieillissement. 3e éd. Paris: Presse Universitaire de France, 1994.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Guilhème Pérodeau
Affiliation:
Département des sciences humaines, Université du Québec à Hull.

Abstract

This is the third edition of a book published at the beginning of the 80s. According to Mishara and his colleagues, as many studies in gerontology have been undertaken in the last decade as the previous 50 years. In order to update the last edition, the authors kept the same format as in the other editions. Leaving aside more recent studies showing the same conclusions as in the earlier editions, the authors instead added studies which present new elements or which possibly may invalidate or confirm ambiguous results from the past. The themes discussed are practically the same as in the previous edition. A new chapter was added on the use of medicines and drugs by the elderly. The chapters pertaining to death and grief are of particular interest. This book, although academic, has a flowing style and is a great added value to a library if the reader does not have any of the previous editions.

Type
Book Reviews/Comptes rendus
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1996

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