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Women As They Age
Second Edition
J. Dianne Garner, DSW
Susan O. Mercer, DSW
Editors
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Women as they age / J. Dianne Garner, Susan O. Mercer, editors.-2nd ed.
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Contents
J. Dianne Garner
Susan o. Mercer
Susan o. Mercer
J. Dianne Garner
Jean Findley
Susan A. McDaniel
Susan Gaylord
Toba Schwaber Kerson
Virginia E. Richardson
M. Jocelyn Armstrong
Karen A. Roberto
Nancy J. Harm
Susan Rice
Jerry G. Stevenson
N. Jane McCandless
Ann W Gustin
Lou Ann B. Jorgensen
Jeannie Teske
Peter Cote
J. Dianne Garner
Susan O. M ereer
Carolyn Coburn Tragesser
ABOUT THE EDITORS
J. Dianne Garner, DSW, is the editor of the Journal of Women & Aging and the Innovations in Feminist Studies book program for The Haworth Press. She is a former professor and Chair of the Department of Social Work at Washburn University and former Director of Medical Social Work at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She has served on the national Board of Directors of NASW and is a former vice president of that organization. Her most recent book (1999) is Fundamentals of Feminist Gerontology (Haworth). Her other books include Women and Healthy Aging, Geriatric Case Practice in Nursing Homes, and the first edition of Women As They Age. Dr. Garner has been a featured speaker at international, national, regional, state, and local conferences.
Susan O. Mercer, DSW, is a professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She has authored numerous articles, chapters, and books in the areas of aging and long-term care. She is a recognized national expert in aging with special emphasis on learned helplessness, suicide and depression, long-term care, and Navajo aging concerns. A proven investigator on national grants, she is currently a co-investigator in a five-year National Institute of Health grant on developing a partnership model of care and problem solving in long-term care. Her past books include Geriatric Case Practice in Nursing Homes and the first edition of Women As They Age.
CONTRIBUTORS
M. Jocelyn Armstrong, PhD, is an associate professor of anthropology in the Department of Community Health at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her current research and teaching activities center on aging studies with an emphasis on ethnicity and gender and the study of disability. Dr. Armstrong has done field research in New Zealand and Malaysia as well as in the United States. She is author and co-author of numerous articles and book chapters and two monographs, and is the co-editor of Fieldwork and Families: Constructing New Models for Ethnographic Research (1998).
Peter Cote, MSW, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and a licensed marriage and family therapist. He is an assistant professor at Newman University Graduate School of Social Work in Wichita, Kansas, and a former Director of Field Practicum at Washburn University. He received his MSW from the University of Kansas and is an alumnus of the postgraduate program in Marriage and Family Therapy sponsored by the Menninger Foundation. Mr. Cote has provided consultation to the area Social and Rehabilitation Services office, the Emporia School System, and the Flint Hills Special Education Co-op.
Jean Findley, BA, received her BA degree in psychology from Hendrix College. She is currently a second-year MSW student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. After completing her MSW studies, Ms. Findley plans to pursue a PhD degree in social welfare. Her goal is to continue to focus on interpersonal growth, diversity, urban community development, and chemical dependency treatment.
Susan Gaylord, PhD, is a research assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UNC School of Medicine. She also holds an adjunct research assistant professorship in the Department of Family Medicine, and a lectureship in the UNC School of Public Health. Dr. Gaylord received her MA and PhD in psychology from Duke University. She has worked for many years as a researcher and educator in the field of aging, first at Duke, then at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, and for the last ten years, in the Program on Aging at the UNC School of Aging.
Ann W. Gustin, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice. She is also a medical consultant for Social Security, a disaster mental health consultant, and a mediator. Formerly, she was an associate professor of psychology, director of Counseling Services, and head of Clinical Training at the University of Regina.