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Selected articles from journals, magazines and newspapers on the subject of aging.

Phenomenon of aging: Elderly Americans / C.L. Himes; World grown old / J. Seabrook; Study for the ages / N. Shute -- Quality of later life: Women's sexuality as they age, the more things change, the more they stay the same / P.B. Koch; Is frailty inevitable? some experts say no / G. Kolata; I can't remember / C. Amst -- Societal attitudes toward old age: Society fears the aging process / M. Pipher; Fighting ageism / M. Dittmann; Activation of aging stereotypes in younger and older adults / A.L. Chasteen -- Problems and potentials of aging: Healing the heart / A. Comarow; Primary care for elderly people, why do doctors find it so hard? / W.L. Adams; Secret killer / D. Stipp -- Retirement, American dream or dilemma?: How to survive the first year / K. Greene; Aging employee pool posing challenges / D. Stafford; Retired , but still on the job / K. Alexander -- Experience of dying: More hospice patients forgoing sustenance / J. McConnaughey; Expectancy of spousal death and adjustment to conjugal bereavement / E.F. Donnelly; Start the conversation -- Living environments in later life: (Not) the same old story / C. Salter; Bumps ahead on easy street? / M. Gardner; Strength in numbers / K. Davis -- Social policies, programs, and services for older Americans: Elderly don't like new medicare drug benefit; Can you rely on social security / A. Tobias; Raw deal for women? / S. Hinden.

What does it mean to grow old in America today? Is 'successful aging' our responsibility? What will happen if we fail to 'grow old gracefully'? Especially for women, the onus on the aging population in the United States is growing rather than diminishing. Gender, race, and sexual orientation have been reinterpreted as socially constructed phenomena, yet aging is still seen through physically constructed lenses. The second edition of Margaret Cruikshank's Learning to Be Old helps put aging in a new light, neither romanticizing nor demonizing it. Featuring new research and analysis, expanded sections on gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender aging and critical gerontology, and an updated chapter on feminist gerontology, the second edition even more thoroughly than the first looks at the variety of different forces affecting the progress of aging. Cruikshank pays special attention to the fears and taboos, multicultural traditions, and the medicalization and politicization of natural processes that inform our understanding of age. Through it all, we learn a better way to inhabit our age whatever it is.