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Foreword by Lillian Troll Preface by Rosemary Blieszner and Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford Background The Family Context of Aging: Trends and Challenges by Rosemary Blieszner and Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford Historical Perspectives on the Family and Aging by Tamara K. Hareven Aging and the Family: Present and Future Demographic Issues by Kevin Kinsella Theoretical Frameworks and Research Methods The Family of the Second Half of Life: Connecting Theories and Findings by Bertram Cohler and Karen Altergott Family Relations and Individual Development in Adulthood and Aging by Carol D. Ryff and Marsha Mailick Seltzer Feminist Perspectives on Social Gerontology by Helena Znaniecka Lopata Family Dynamics and the Leisure Experiences of Older Adults: Theoretical Viewpoints by Jay A. Mancini and Dan M. Sandifer Methods and Analysis of Family Data by David J. Mangen Family Relationships Marriage and Close Relationships of the Marital Kind by Margaret Hellie Huyck Sibling Relationships in Middle and Old Age by Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford Aged Parents and Aging Children: Determinants of Relationship Quality by J. Jill Suitor, Karl Pillemer, Shirley Keeton, and Julie Robison Grandparenting in an Era of Rapid Change by Joan F. Robertson The Context of Family Life U.S. Old Age Policy and the Family by Madonna Harrington Meyer and Marcia L. Bellas Legal Issues and Family Involvement in Later Life Families by Robbyn R. Wacker Cultural Diversity in the Late Life Family by Colleen L. Johnson Aging and Kinship in Rural Context by B. Jan McCulloch Convoys of Social Relations: Family and Friendships within a Lifespan Context by Toni C. Antonucci and Hiroko Akiyama Turning Points and Interventions Families and Retirement by Maximiliane Szinovacz and David J. Ekerdt The Effects of Illness on the Family by Jeffrey W. Dwyer Death and Bereavement by Miriam S. Moss and Sidney Z. Moss Widowhood by Shirley L. O'Bryant and Robert O. Hansson Families and Formal Networks by Shirley S. Travis Clinical Interventions with Later Life Families by Sara Honn Qualls Bibliography Index
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