<strong>Fundamentals of Feminist Gerontology</strong> strives to increase womens selfesteemand their overall quality of life by encouraging education and puttin... » 

Fundamentals of Feminist Gerontology strives to increase womens selfesteemand their overall quality of life by encouraging education and putting a stopto age sex and race discrimination. As a student or professional inpsychology social work or gerontology you will learn about feministconceptions of retirement economic issues psychological issues and socialissues and you will explore studies on old age discrimination and devaluationand sexism toward women in Western societies to gain an understanding of theexperiences of older Western women. This book also shows how some women areexperiencing empowerment through alternative health care such as mindbodytherapies homeopathy aromatherapy and herbal medicine. Fundamentals ofFeminist Gerontology will provide you with the tools to offer effective therapyto women to help them improve their own lives. «