Book Review – The Short Guide to Ageing and Gerontology, by Kate de Medeiros
Andrews J.
The growth in population and international increase in average life expectancies have witnessed an unprecedentedly high percentage of the world’s population ageing. As the proportion of older people and the length of life increase globally, it is predicted that “there will soon be more older people than children and more people at extreme old age than before.” (NIH and WHO 2011: 2). Ageing is an inevitable and complex process (Longevity Science Panel 2014). In this interdisciplinary text, de Medeiros acquaints the reader with the field of gerontology and elucidates the phenomenon of ageing.