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UNCG OFFERS POST-GRAD PROGRAM IN GERONTOLOGY.(PEOPLE & PLACES)
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gerontology
gerontology The study of the processes of ageing , old age, and...the social aspects of ageing, sometimes termed social gerontology, is now well established. Interest in ageing has grown...of great importance, the sociological contribution to gerontology comes from the study and analysis of age as a ... Read more
gerontology and geriatrics
...elderly and with the normal aging process. Gerontology is concerned primarily with the changes that...be inevitable in the elderly. also aging . gerontology and geriatrics gerontology and geriatrics gerontology and geriatrics Read more
gerontology
gerontology (je-ron- tol -ŏji) n. the study of the changes in the mind and body that accompany ageing and the problems associated with them. Read more
gerontology
gerontology n. The study of ageing. Compare geriatrics .[From Greek geron , gerontos an old man + logos word, discourse, or reason] Read more
gerontology
ger·on·tol·o·gy / ˌjerənˈtäləjē / • n. the scientific study of old age, the process of aging, and the particular problems of old people. DERIVATIVES: ge·ron·to·log·i·cal / Read more

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