FORUM:

The War on "Anti-Aging Medicine"

Robert H. Binstock
Gerontologist 2003 43: 4-14. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL SECTION: MINORITY RECRUITMENT:

The Science of Including Older Ethnic and Racial Group Participants in Health-Related Research

Leslie Curry and James Jackson
Gerontologist 2003 43: 15-17. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lessons Learned About Minority Recruitment and Retention From the Centers on Minority Aging and Health Promotion

Sue Levkoff and Herman Sanchez
Gerontologist 2003 43: 18-26. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Recruiting Older African American Men to a Cancer Screening Trial (The AAMEN Project)

Marvella E. Ford, Suzanne L. Havstad, and Barbara C. Tilley
Gerontologist 2003 43: 27-35. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Recruitment and Retention of Older Minorities in Mental Health Services Research

Patricia A. Areán, Jennifer Alvidrez, Rowena Nery, Carroll Estes, and Karen Linkins
Gerontologist 2003 43: 36-44. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Recruitment and Retention of Latino Dementia Family Caregivers in Intervention Research: Issues to Face, Lessons to Learn

Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Nancy Solano, David Coon, and Patricia Areán
Gerontologist 2003 43: 45-51. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Recruitment of Older African Americans for Survey Research: A Process Evaluation of the Community and Church-Based Strategy in the Durham Elders Project

Peter S. Reed, Kristie Long Foley, John Hatch, and Elizabeth J. Mutran
Gerontologist 2003 43: 52-61. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Willingness to Participate in Clinical Treatment Research Among Older African Americans and Whites

Diane R. Brown and Meral Topcu
Gerontologist 2003 43: 62-72. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DEMENTIA PATIENTS AND HEALTH SERVICE USE:

The Cleveland Alzheimer's Managed Care Demonstration: Outcomes After 12 Months of Implementation

David M. Bass, Patricia A. Clark, Wendy J. Looman, Catherine A. McCarthy, and Sharen Eckert
Gerontologist 2003 43: 73-85. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Health Care Utilization in Dementia Patients With Psychiatric Comorbidity

Mark E. Kunik, A. Lynn Snow, Victor A. Molinari, Terri J. Menke, Julianne Souchek, Greer Sullivan, and Carol M. Ashton
Gerontologist 2003 43: 86-91. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HOUSING FOR FRAIL ELDERLY:

Housing Issues and Realities Facing Grandparent Caregivers Who Are Renters

Esme Fuller-Thomson and Meredith Minkler
Gerontologist 2003 43: 92-98. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

The Living Conditions of Elderly Americans

Sandra Newman
Gerontologist 2003 43: 99-109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MEASUREMENT TOOLS:

Validity of Self-Report Screening Scale for Elder Abuse: Women's Health Australia Study

Margot J. Schofield and Gita D. Mishra
Gerontologist 2003 43: 110-120. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Psychometric Properties of an Abridged Version of the Zarit Burden Interview Within a Representative Canadian Caregiver Sample

Norm O'Rourke and Holly A. Tuokko
Gerontologist 2003 43: 121-127. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:     Robert H. Binstock, Editor

MAPPING THE FIELD: SHIFTING CONTOURS OF SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY

Review Essay by Suzanne R. Kunkel
Gerontologist 2003 43: 128-132. [Full Text] [PDF]  

IS GERONTOLOGY THE CHESHIRE CAT?

Review Essay by Margaret Hellie Huyck
Gerontologist 2003 43: 132-136. [Full Text] [PDF]  

COMMUNICATION AND AGING: MOVING TOWARD A UNIFIED, SYSTEMIC APPROACH

Review Essay by Danielle N. Ripich
Gerontologist 2003 43: 136-139. [Full Text] [PDF]  

AUDIOVISUAL REVIEWS:     Robert E. Yahnke, Editor

End-of-Life Decisions, Part I

Robert E. Yahnke
Gerontologist 2003 43: 140. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Caring at the End of Life

Amy O. Calvin
Gerontologist 2003 43: 140-141. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Grave Words: Tools for Discussing End of Life Choices

Tom Tomlinson
Gerontologist 2003 43: 141-142. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Self Deliverance: Assisted Suicide in Australia

Michael C. Kearl
Gerontologist 2003 43: 142-143. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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