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Encyclopedia of Aging

Most of the emphasis is on the U.S., with some attention given to other countries and cultures and comparisons between cultures. Several articles fall in the topic group of aging around the world--entries on China and Japan, three to four pages on Western Europe or South Asia. The cross-cultural articles are not comprehensive enough to make this work international in scope. The whole of sub-Saharan Africa, for example, is dealt with in one fairly brief article.

The signed articles are presented alphabetically. In the fore matter there are alphabetical lists of the articles by both title and author (the first of which has several articles listed out of alphabetical sequence near the beginning). A very useful feature follows: lists of articles grouped by specific topic areas, for example, "Cognition," "End of Life Issues," and "Work." Each article also has cross-references to related articles and a bibliography; however, some of the authors have cited research in the body in the briefest style (e.g., "Jones, 1984") and have not included those references in the bibliography. A very detailed index allows access to the wealth of factual information in the entries despite the omission of references to some topics one would expect, for example, respite care and use of restraints. But, on the whole, the coverage of both general topics and very specific information is impressive. Many well-produced illustrations and diagrams accompany the text in an exceptionally attractive product

There is no dearth of reference publishing in this area. Many consumer-oriented titles that deal with specifics of health or retirement are available in print, as are some more-encyclopedic popular works such as The Encyclopedia of Health and Aging: The Complete Guide to Health and Well-Being in Your Later Years (rev. ed., Key Porter, 2001) and The Encyclopedia of Aging and the Elderly (Facts On File, 1992). The new edition of the one-volume The Graying of America: An Encyclopedia of Aging, Health, Mind, and Behavior (2d ed., Univ. of Illinois, 2001) is suitable for general readers and undergraduates. The two works that are the most comparable in scope are the new edition of George Maddox's The Encyclopedia of Aging: A Comprehensive Resource in Gerontology and Geriatrics (3d ed., Springer, 2001) and James Birren's Encyclopedia of Gerontology: Age, Aging, and the Aged (Academic, 1996). The Birren work, although older now, is still in print, and its review in RBB noted that it "is a comprehensive source that offers a multidisciplinary overview of all aspects of aging." Written for professionals, it is accessible to educated lay readers. The Maddox work, now in its third edition, is also a broad look at aging, with articles ranging from general interest to very specialized topics. Its style, heavily referenced with research, may be less accessible to the general reader, even the educated lay reader whom Ekerdt also has in mind.

On the whole, this new encyclopedic treatment is an outstanding choice for academic libraries serving both professional programs and other courses of study as well as being suitable for larger public libraries. It balances the task of presenting advanced information in an accessible fashion extremely well.

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