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The Gerontologist 46:416-417 (2006)
© 2006 The Gerontological Society of America


BOOK REVIEW

BOOKS RECEIVED

Disabilities

In Search of Freedom: How Persons with Disabilities Have Been Disenfranchised from the Mainstream of American Society and How the Search for Freedom Continues, 2nd edition, by Willie V. Bryan. Charles C Thomas, Springfield, IL, 2006, 195 pp., $54.95 (cloth), $34.95 (paper).

More than Ramps: A Guide to Improving the Health Care Quality and Access for People with Disabilities, by Lisa I. Iezzoni and Bonnie L. O'Day. Oxford University Press, New York, 2006, 366 pp., $65.00 (cloth).

Discrimination

Age Discrimination: An Historical and Contemporary Analysis, by John Macnicol. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2006, 308 pp., $75.00 (cloth), $29.99 (paper).

End of Life

Ethics in End-of-Life Decisions in Social Work Practice, by Ellen L. Csika and Elizabeth Chaitin. Lyceum Books, Chicago, IL, 2006, 228 pp., $39.95 (paper).

Persons, Humanity, and the Definition of Death, by John P. Lizza. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 2006, 212 pp., $45.00 (cloth).

Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology

Palliative Neurology, by Ian Maddocks, Bruce Brew, Heather Waddy, and Ian Williams. Cambridge University Press, New York, 2005, 206 pp., $55.00 (paper).

Living Environments

Design Innovations for Aging and Alzheimer's: Creating Caring Environments, by Elizabeth Brawley. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2006, 350 pp., $85.00 (cloth).

Mental Health

Positive Aging: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals and Consumers, by Robert D. Hill. Norton Professional Books, New York, 2006, 272 pp., $27.95 (cloth).

Psychology

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, 6th Edition, edited by James E. Birren, and K. Warner Schaie. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 2006, 564 pp., $59.95 (paper).

Sex

Still Sexy After All These Years? The 9 Unspoken Truths About Women's Desire Beyond 50, by Leah Kliger and Deborah Nedelman. Penguin Group, New York, 2006, 240 pp., $14.95 (paper).

Sociological Perspectives

Aging, Globalization and Inequality: The New Critical Gerontology, edited by Jan Baars, Dale Dannefer, Chris Phillipson, and Alan Walker. Baywood Publishing, Amityville, NY, 2006, 300 pp., $60.00 (cloth).

Contexts of Aging: Class, Cohort and Community, by Chris Gilleard and Paul Higgs. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, 2005, 206 pp., $26.95 (paper).

Transportation

Community Mobility: Driving and Transportation Alternatives for Older Persons, edited by William Mann. The Haworth Press, Binghamton, NY, 2006, 190 pp., $29.95 (cloth), $19.95 (paper).





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