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David O. Moberg (ed.), Aging and Spirituality: Spiritual Dimensions of Aging Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Haworth Pastoral Press, Binghamton, New York, 250 pp., £17.20, ISBN 0-7890-0939-0. Elizabeth MacKinlay, The Spiritual Dimensions of Ageing. Jessica Kingsley, London, 2001, 272 pp., pbk £14.95, ISBN 1-84310-008-8.
ARTHUR F. CREBER
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Using focus groups to explore older people's attitudes to end of life care
JANE SEYMOUR, GARY BELLAMY, MERRYN GOTT, SAM H. AHMEDZAI, DAVID CLARK
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This paper reports on the methodological and ethical issues that were encountered when using focus groups to explore older people's knowledge, beliefs and risk perceptions about the use of innovative health technologies in end of life care. Older people drawn from community organisations in Sheffield, England, took part in discussions about the application of ‘life prolonging’ and ‘comfort care’ technologies during serious illness and impending death. The paper offers a reflective account of the management of recruitment and informed consent, and of the issues that arose when facilitating group discussions of potentially distressing material. It concludes with a brief account of the steps that were taken to enhance the ‘credibility’ of the data.

Chris Phillipson, Miriam Bernard, Judith Phillips and Jim Ogg, The Family and Community Life of Older People: Social Networks and Social Support in Three Urban Areas, Routledge, London and New York, 2000, 304 pp., hbk £50.00, ISBN 0 415 20530 1, pbk £15.99, ISBN 0 415 20531 X.
ANNE MARTIN-MATTHEWS
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Tony Walter, On Bereavement: The Culture of Grief, Open University Press, Buckingham, 1999, 208 pp., pbk £17·99, ISBN 0 335 20080.
LINDA MACHIN
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Sheryl Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane and J. Kevin Eckert (eds), Assisted Living: Needs, Practices and Policies in Residential Care for the Elderly. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2001, 344 pp., hbk £36.50 ($53.00), ISBN 0 8018 6705 3.
NANCY J. CHAPMAN
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Jana Staton, Roger Shuy and Ira Bycock, A Few Months to Live – Different Paths to Life's End, Georgetown University Press, Washington D.C., 2001, 341 pp., pbk £19.50, ISBN 0 87840 841 x.
LINDA MACHIN
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Harley Carl Schreck, Community and Caring: Older Persons, Intergenerational Relations, and Change in an Urban Community, University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland, 2000, 198 pp., pbk £10.95, ISBN 0 7618 1772 7.
PERLA WERNER
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Lis Cordingley, Jane Hughes and David Challis, Unmet Need and Older People: Towards a Synthesis of User and Provider Views, York Publishing Services, York, 2001, 48 pp., pbk £6.00, ISBN 1 84263 014 8.
GERRY GAIROLA
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Norberto Bobbio, Old Age and Other Essays, Polity Press, Cambridge, 2001, 108 pp., hbk £40·00, ISBN 0 7456 2386 7, pbk £12·99, ISBN 0 7456 2387 5.
ANTHEA TINKER
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Richard A. Settersten, Jr. (ed.), Invitation to the Life Course: Toward New Understandings of Later Life, Baywood, Amityville, New York, 2001, 355 pp., hbk $54.95, ISBN 0-89503-269-4.
NORAH KEATING
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Peter S. Silin, Nursing Homes: The Family's Journey. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2001, 296 pp., hbk £28·50, ISBN 0 8018 6624 3, pbk £11·50, ISBN 0 8018 6625 1.
DEIRDRE WYNNE-HARLEY
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Gail Wilson, Understanding Old Age: Critical and Global Perspectives, Sage, London, 2000, 208 pp., pbk £15.99, ISBN 0-7619-6012-0.
JOHN BOND
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Jay Ginn, Debra Street and Sara Arber (eds), Women, Work and Pensions: International Issues and Prospects, Open University Press, Buckingham 2001, 270 pp., hbk £65.00, ISBN 0 335 20595 X, pbk £19.99, ISBN 0 335 20594 1.
MARIA EVANDROU
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Leonie Kellaher, A Choice Well Made: ‘Mutuality’ as a Governing Principle in Residential Care, Centre for Policy on Ageing in association with Methodist Homes, London, 2000, 112 pp., pbk £15, ISBN 1 901097 40 4.
SALLY KEELING
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Benyamin Schwarz and Ruth Brent (eds) 1999, Aging, Autonomy, and Architecture: Advances in Assisted Living, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1999, 311 pp., £38.50 pbk. ISBN 0 8018 6033 4.
SHEILA PEACE
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Castiello, M. S., Abellán, A., Rodríguez, V., Ortiz, L. P., Sancho, M. and Polo, J. A. M., Las Personas Mayores en España: Informe 2000. Datos Estadísticos Estatales y por Comunidades Autónomas (Senior Citizens in Spain in 2000: Statistics on their Characteristics and for the Autonomous Regions). Observatorio de Personas Mayores, Instituto de Migraciones y Servicios Sociales, Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales (Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs), Madrid 2001, 959 pp., 6000 pesetas (36.06 Euros) pbk free to libraries, ISBN 84-8446-021-5. (Available from: Servicio de Documentación y Publicaciones del IMSERSO, Avenida Illustracíon s/n, c/v, Ginzo de Limia 58, 28029 Madrid, Spain. fax: +34 91 347 88 80) or www.imsersomayores.csic.es
TONY WARNES
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Mark Priestley (ed.), Disability and the Life Course: Global Perspectives, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2001, 252 pp., hbk £40.00, ISBN 0521 79340 8, pbk £14.95 7934 9.
PAT CHAMBERS
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Heather Clark and Jan Spafford, Piloting Choice and Control for Older People: An Evaluation, Community Care into Practice Series. Policy Press and Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Bristol, 2001, 81 pp., pbk £13·95, ISBN 1 86134 243 8.
JENNY LA FONTAINE
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Ailsa Cameron, Lyn Harrison, Paul Burton and Alex Marsh, Crossing the Housing and Care Divide, Policy Press, Bristol, 2001, 38 pp., £10.95 pbk. ISBN 1 86134 3167.
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Rivkah Harris, Gender and Aging in Mesopotamia: the Gilgamesh Epic and Other Ancient Literature, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2000, 288 pp., £49·95, hbk ISBN 0 8061 3167 5.
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Chris Phillipson, Miriam Bernard, Judith Phillips and Jim Ogg, The Family and Community Life of Older People: Social Networks and Social Support in Three Urban Areas, Routledge, London and New York, 2000, 304 pp., hbk £50.00, ISBN 0 415 20530 1, pbk £15.99, ISBN 0 415 20531 X.

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Tony Walter, On Bereavement: The Culture of Grief, Open University Press, Buckingham, 1999, 208 pp., pbk £17·99, ISBN 0 335 20080.

Sheryl Zimmerman, Philip D. Sloane and J. Kevin Eckert (eds), Assisted Living: Needs, Practices and Policies in Residential Care for the Elderly. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2001, 344 pp., hbk £36.50 ($53.00), ISBN 0 8018 6705 3.

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Jana Staton, Roger Shuy and Ira Bycock, A Few Months to Live – Different Paths to Life's End, Georgetown University Press, Washington D.C., 2001, 341 pp., pbk £19.50, ISBN 0 87840 841 x.

Harley Carl Schreck, Community and Caring: Older Persons, Intergenerational Relations, and Change in an Urban Community, University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland, 2000, 198 pp., pbk £10.95, ISBN 0 7618 1772 7.

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Lis Cordingley, Jane Hughes and David Challis, Unmet Need and Older People: Towards a Synthesis of User and Provider Views, York Publishing Services, York, 2001, 48 pp., pbk £6.00, ISBN 1 84263 014 8.

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Norberto Bobbio, Old Age and Other Essays, Polity Press, Cambridge, 2001, 108 pp., hbk £40·00, ISBN 0 7456 2386 7, pbk £12·99, ISBN 0 7456 2387 5.

Richard A. Settersten, Jr. (ed.), Invitation to the Life Course: Toward New Understandings of Later Life, Baywood, Amityville, New York, 2001, 355 pp., hbk $54.95, ISBN 0-89503-269-4.

Peter S. Silin, Nursing Homes: The Family's Journey. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2001, 296 pp., hbk £28·50, ISBN 0 8018 6624 3, pbk £11·50, ISBN 0 8018 6625 1.

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Gail Wilson, Understanding Old Age: Critical and Global Perspectives, Sage, London, 2000, 208 pp., pbk £15.99, ISBN 0-7619-6012-0.

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Jay Ginn, Debra Street and Sara Arber (eds), Women, Work and Pensions: International Issues and Prospects, Open University Press, Buckingham 2001, 270 pp., hbk £65.00, ISBN 0 335 20595 X, pbk £19.99, ISBN 0 335 20594 1.

Book review

Leonie Kellaher, A Choice Well Made: ‘Mutuality’ as a Governing Principle in Residential Care, Centre for Policy on Ageing in association with Methodist Homes, London, 2000, 112 pp., pbk £15, ISBN 1 901097 40 4.

Benyamin Schwarz and Ruth Brent (eds) 1999, Aging, Autonomy, and Architecture: Advances in Assisted Living, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1999, 311 pp., £38.50 pbk. ISBN 0 8018 6033 4.

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Mark Priestley (ed.), Disability and the Life Course: Global Perspectives, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2001, 252 pp., hbk £40.00, ISBN 0521 79340 8, pbk £14.95 7934 9.

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Heather Clark and Jan Spafford, Piloting Choice and Control for Older People: An Evaluation, Community Care into Practice Series. Policy Press and Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Bristol, 2001, 81 pp., pbk £13·95, ISBN 1 86134 243 8.

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Ailsa Cameron, Lyn Harrison, Paul Burton and Alex Marsh, Crossing the Housing and Care Divide, Policy Press, Bristol, 2001, 38 pp., £10.95 pbk. ISBN 1 86134 3167.

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Rivkah Harris, Gender and Aging in Mesopotamia: the Gilgamesh Epic and Other Ancient Literature, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2000, 288 pp., £49·95, hbk ISBN 0 8061 3167 5.

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