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FOREWORD INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. The gerontological imagination PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF AGING Chapter 2. The Biology of Successful Aging: Watchful Progress at Biogerontology's Known-Unknown Interface Chapter 3. Cognitive aging Chapter 4. Communication disorders and aging Chapter 5. Exercise, nutrition, and aging Chapter 6. Geriatric Medicine and Nursing SOCIAL ASPECTS OF AGING Chapter 7. Social and emotional development in adulthood Chapter 8. Age structures, aging, and the life course Chapter 9. Retirement and financial security Chapter 10. Demographic Perspectives on Aging Chapter 11. Cross-cultural and global perspectives on aging and the life course PUBLIC POLICY: Meeting the physical and social needs of older adults Chapter 12. Politics and policy in the lives of older Americans Chapter 13. The role of public policy in addressing the needs of diverse aging populations Chapter 14. Gerontological social work Chapter 15. Legal Gerontology