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The book "Older People in Modern Society" is a well-known and respected text that has been updated and renamed in its fourth edition. Written by Anthea Tinker, it covers a variety of topics related to older people, drawing from various fields and using primary sources. The fourth edition includes new topics such as continuing care and elder abuse, which have become more significant since the previous edition was published in 1992.
Older People in Modern Society is an established classic text in its field and through subsequent editions its reputation and that of its author has grown. In this fourth and renamed edition, Anthea Tinker synthesises and discusses a wide range of literature about older people, drawing from fields such as medicine, sociology and social policy and using primary source material to illustrate the text. She also introduces a number of topics that have attained greater importance since publication of the third edition in 1992, for example, continuing care and the abuse of older people.
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