found: Work cat.: Ward, R.A. The aging experience : an introduction to social gerontology, 1984.
found: Handbook of social gerontology, 1960:p. ix (Social gerontology is a part of the broader field of gerontology ... Social gerontology separates out (1) the phenomena of aging which are related to man as a member of the social group and of society and (2) those phenomena which are relevant to aging in the nature and function of the social system or society itself)
found: Crandall, R.C. Gerontology, 1980:p. 8 (Social gerontology is a subfield of gerontology ... The social gerontologist is concerned with the reciprocal relationship between the individual and society. Although social gerontologists are not interested in the physical aspects of aging per se, they are interested in the individual's reactions to physical changes, as determined by the societal values placed on certain physical conditions)
found: Harris, D.K. Dictionary of gerontology, 1988(social gerontology -- A subfield of gerontology that includes the disciplines of sociology, social psychology, cultural anthropology, political science, and economics. Social gerontology focuses mainly on the social aspects of aging while deemphasizing the biological and psychological aspects)
found: The Blackwell dictionary of social policy, 2002:p. 98 ( ... social gerontology is the study of the social, behavioural and psychological aspects of the aging process, societal attitudes to older people and the place of older people in society)
