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AGING
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
Repository of information on government agencies, programs and initiatives dedicated to aging Americans. (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AGING
(Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Encompasses all aspects of aging, covering a variety of disciplines including biology, medicine, economics, law psychology, sociology and history, and also explores related issues such as religion, spirituality, and ethics. Also provides a topical outline, primary source documents, addresses, and Web sites.
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Provides information on health, housing, child protection, mental health, vocational rehabilitation, Medicaid, social services and disability services.
SOCIAL GERONTOLOGY AND THE AGING REVOLUTION
Information on the different aspects of aging, including information on old age across cultures and time, federal services and resources, aging related to the workplace, economy, family, and religion. (Michael C. Kearl, Trinity Univ.)
SOCIOLOGY OF DEATH AND DYING
Information and resources on the sociological aspects of death and dying. Death across cultures and time, funeral traditions, accidental death, homicide, suicide, AIDS, cemeteries, obituaries, death and religion, genocide, hospice, abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia, and grief. (Michael C. Kearl, Trinity Univ.)