Learning to be old: gender, culture, and aging

Cultural myths and aging

The fear of an aging population

Sickness and other social roles of the old

Overmedicating old Americans

Healthy physical aging

The politics of healthy aging

Gender, class, and ethnicity

Prescribed busyness and spirituality

Ageism

Gerastology : a feminist's view of gerontology and women's aging

Conclusion: The paradoxes of aging.