Human growth and development

The Physiological Effects of Ageing is a comprehensive resource for all nurses working with older people, enabling them to apply their knowledge of the ageing process to their practice, and, in doing so, enhance care delivery.

This up-to-date overview of the fast-moving field of infant development covers all the major areas of interest in terms of research, applications and policy.

Focusing on the contemporary period, this book brings together critical age studies and contemporary science fiction to establish the centrality of age and ageing in dystopian, speculative and science-fiction imaginaries.

Updated and expanded to 124 entries, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development remains the authoritative reference in the field.

Exploring the potential of poetry and poetic language as a means of conveying perspectives on later life, this book examines questions such as 'how can we understand ageing and later life?

The new, sixth edition of Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Perspectives on Development and the Life Course deepens students' understanding of the major theories, themes, and issues related to people and how they interact and change over the life span and with respect to their social environments.

Does Aging Stop?

Getting divorced and remarried are now common practices in European societies, even if the rules differ from one country to the next.

A book for men and women from middle age to advanced years who have suddenly and unexpectedly become confronted with the huge effects that the male prostate can have on the body.

The short lifetime of digital technologies means that generational identities are difficult to establish around any particular technologies let alone around more far-reaching socio-technological 'revolutions'.

This text explores why humans, unlike other animals, came to grow old slowly.

NAPOLEON HILL'S THE 12 MIRACLES OF LIFEA NEW, NEVER-BEFORE PUBLISHED BOOK BY THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THINK AND GROW RICH!

'Essential reading' Age UKSod 70!

Throughout the world, the population of older adults continues to grow.

A comparison of the genetic circuits of Homo sapiens and Drosophila reveals the evidence for deep homology.

What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.

Flourishing in Emerging Adulthood highlights the third decade of life as a time in which individuals have diverse opportunities for positive development.

'Maisie's knowledge of hormones changed my life.

Working with principles from the fields of evolutionary and developmental biology (evo-devo), this fascinating work offers a new approach to analyzing child growth and development, examining each stage and transition in detail, from fetal development to preadulthood.

Explores the importance of considering how adolescents coordinate different types of activities in their interactions and in development.

David Wood ha creado el manual definitivo de argumentos en favor de la detención, reversión e incluso eliminación del envejecimiento.

This book examines issues across the lifespan of transgender and nonbinary individuals whilst synthesizing conceptual work, empirical evidence, pedagogical content, educational experiences, and the voices of transgender and nonbinary individuals.

Flourishing in Emerging Adulthood highlights the third decade of life as a time in which individuals have diverse opportunities for positive development.

Examines how nature and nurture interact over the course of life development, focusing on early childhood, from the developmental scientists working at the cutting edge.

Whisky is the world's favourite spirit and is enjoying booming sales, yet too often it's shrouded in mystery, myth and complex-sounding terminology.

Prominent intellectuals and public figures explore the dynamics of development, offering varying perspectives from a range of fields.

The new, sixth edition of Human Behavior in the Social Environment: Perspectives on Development and the Life Course deepens students' understanding of the major theories, themes, and issues related to people and how they interact and change over the life span and with respect to their social environments.

Aging has long since been ascribed to the gradual accumulation of DNA mutations in the genome of somatic cells.

Oxygen has had extraordinary effects on life.

This addition to Anissa Rogers' bestselling Human Behavior in the Social Environment expands the original text with new chapters on spirituality, families and groups, organizations, and communities.

Studies the question of achieving and sustaining high rates of growth and economic development in India.

Was braucht man, um im Altersheim einen relativ glücklichen Lebensabend zu verbringen?

Recent Events in the Psychology of Aging documents the successful integration of aging into the mainstream of psychology.

This book explores the many prospects, challenges and ethical questions that surround the engineering of our reproductive cells.

In this worldwide survey, Clive Gamble explores the evolution of the human imagination, without which we would not have become a global species.

A complete reference on common health concerns for the aging manThe global population is aging, and this important text explores the common health concerns that accompany male aging, particularly the effects of declining testosterone levels, or andropause.

*THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*'Naomi Watts has gathered stories of her experiences around menopause into a book that imparts the much-needed facts, from one woman to another.

Move better, get stronger and feel great - no matter your age.

Periods are a fact of life for roughly half the population, yet discussions of the menstrual cycle are often shrouded in confusion and embarrassment.

Developmental Juvenile Osteology was created as a core reference text to document the development of the entire human skeleton from early embryonic life to adulthood.

Accelerated population ageing, long a significant issue for developed countries, is now becoming important in the developing world too.

The age-friendly community movement is a global phenomenon, currently growing with the support of the WHO and multiple international and national organizations in the field of aging.

Can ageing really be a positive experience?

Written by Caleb Finch, one of the leading scientists of our time, The Biology of Human Longevity: Inflammation, Nutrition, and Aging in the Evolution of Lifespans synthesizes several decades of top research on the topic of human aging and longevity particularly on the recent theories of inflammation and its effects on human health.

China witnessed an unprecedented economic boom in the past four decades but will soon see the end of "e;demographic dividend"e;.

Focusing on the contemporary period, this book brings together critical age studies and contemporary science fiction to establish the centrality of age and ageing in dystopian, speculative and science-fiction imaginaries.

This book provides social work students at both undergraduate and graduate level with compelling child welfare case examples, intervention plans, and tips for building working alliances with clients.