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BOOKS RECEIVED

Successful Aging and Adaptation With Chronic Diseases, edited by Leonard W. Poon, Sarah Hall Gueldner, and Betsy M. Sprouse. Springer Publishing Company, New York, 2003, 261pp., $48.95 (cloth).

Crime

Crime in the Home Health Care Field: Workplace Violence, Fraud, and Abuse, by Brian K. Payne. Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, Springfield, IL, 2003, 177 pp., $46.95 (cloth), $29.95 (paper).

Dementia

Research and Practice in Alzheimer's Disease, Vol. 7, edited by B. Vellas, L.J. Fitten, B. Winblad, H. Feldman, M. Grundman, and E. Giacobini. Springer Publishing Company, New York, 2003, 290 pp., $50.95 (cloth).

What If It's Not Alzheimer's? A Caregiver's Guide to Dementia, edited by Lisa Radin and Gary Radin. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY, 2003, 346 pp., $22.00 (paper).

Environments

Aging in Context: Socio-Physical Environments: Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Vol. 23, edited by Hans-Werner Wahl, Rick J. Scheidt, and Paul G. Windley. Springer Publishing Company, New York, 2004, 400 pp., $58.00 (cloth).

Aging Independently: Living Arrangements and Mobility, edited by K. Warner Schaie, Hans-Werner Wahl, Heidrum Mollenkopf, and Frank Oswald. Springer Publishing Company, New York, 2003, 355 pp., $65.95 (cloth).

Residential Choices and Experiences of Older Adults: Pathways to Life Quality, edited by John A. Krout and Elaine Wethington. Springer Publishing Company, New York, 2003, 231 pp., $43.95 (cloth).

Gays and Lesbians

Gay and Lesbian Aging: Research and Future Directions, edited by Gilbert Herdt and Brian de Vries. Springer Publishing Company, New York, 2004, 320 pp., $45.95 (cloth).

Sociological Analysis of Aging: The Gay Male Perspective, by J. Michael Cruz. Harrington Park Press, Binghamton, NY, 2003, 138 pp., $39.95 (cloth), $17.95 (paper).

Geriatrics/Clinical Gerontology

Essentials of Clincial Geriatrics (5th ed.), by Robert L. Kane, Joseph G. Ouslander, and Itamar B. Abrass. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Hightstown, NJ, 2004, 532 pp., $49.95 (paper).

Geriatric Emergency Medicine, edited by Stephen W. Meldon, O. John Ma, and Robert Woolard. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Hightstown, NJ, 2004, 585 pp., $65.00 (paper).

Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology (5th ed.), edited by William R. Hazzard, John P. Blass, Jeffrey B. Halter, Joseph G. Ouslander, and Mary E. Tinetti. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Hightstown, NJ, 2003, 1536 pp., $195.00 (cloth).

Life Span and Relationships

Death of a Parent: Transition to a New Adult Identity, by Debra Umberson. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2003, 264 pp., $20.00 (cloth).

Growing Together: Personal Relationships Across the Lifespan, edited by Frieder R. Lang and Karen L. Fingerman. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2004, 414 pp., $75.00 (cloth).

Longevity

A History of Ideas About the Prolongation of Life, by Gerald J. Gruman. Springer Publishing Company, New York, 2003, 221 pp., $42.95 (paper).

The Biology of Death: Origins of Mortality, by Andre Klarsfeld and Frederic Revah. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 2003, 211 pp., $29.95 (cloth).

Long-Term Care

Conducting Research in Long-Term Care Settings, by Brenda Lewis Cleary. Springer Publishing Company, New York, 2004, 136 pp., $32.95 (cloth).

Culture Change in Long-Term Care, edited by Audrey S. Weiner and Judah L. Ronch. The Haworth Social Work Practice Press, Binghamton, NY, 2003, 449 pp., $69.95 (cloth), $39.95 (paper).

Home or Nursing Home: Making the Right Choices (2nd ed.), by Michael J. Salamon and Gloria Rosenthal. Springer Publishing Company, New York, 2004, 128 pp., $30.95 (cloth).

Older People and Their Caregivers Across the Spectrum of Care, edited by Judith L. Howe. The Haworth Social Work Practice Press, Binghamton, NY, 2003, 149 pp., $34.95 (cloth), $19.95 (paper).

Women in the Middle: Their Parent-Care Years (2nd ed.), by Elaine M. Brody. Springer Publishing Company, New York, 2004, 400 pp., $49.95 (cloth).

Vulnerable Populations in the Long-Term Care Continuum, edited by Paul R. Katz, Mathy D. Mezey, and Marshall B. Kapp. Springer Publishing Company, New York, 2004, 150 pp., $39.95 (cloth).

Multicultural Studies

An Aging India: Perspectives, Prospects, and Policies, edited by Phoebe S. Liebig and S. Irudaya Rajan. The Haworth Press, Inc., Binghamton, NY, 2003, 248 pp., $39.95 (cloth), $24.95 (paper).

Public Policy

The National Bioethics Advisory Commission: Contributing to Public Policy, by Elisa Eiseman. RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, 2003, 200 pp., 24.00 (cloth).

Retirement

Encyclopedia of Retirement and Finance, edited by Lois A Vitt. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 2003, 2 vols., 869 pp., $149.95 (cloth).

Retirement: Reasons, Processes, and Results, edited by Gary A. Adams and Terry A. Beehr. Springer Publishing Company, New York, 2003, 308 pp., $48.95 (cloth).

Self Help

A Simplified Guide to Creating a Personal Will, by Deborah Levine Herman, and Robin L. Bodiford. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2003, 216 pp., $24.95 (paper).

Sociology

Health and Health Care as Social Problems, edited by Peter Conrad and Valerie Leiter. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Lanham, MD, 2003, 376 pp., $72.00 (cloth), $28.95 (paper).

Social Problems Across the Life Course, edited by Helena Z. Lopata and Judith A. Levy. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Lanham, MD, 2003, 320 pp., $70.00 (cloth), $32.95 (paper).

The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families, edited by Jacqueline Scott, Judith Treas, and Martin Richards. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Malden, MA, 2004, 624 pp., $124.95 (cloth).

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