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Explicit, systematic theoretical orientations toward the later years of life—where are they? Such established schools of thought as psychoanalysis, learning theory, and developmental theory have had relatively little to say concerning the phenomena of aging, and only one new approach, disengagement theory, has come forth as a fairly broad and coherent framework (4). The social sciences cannot be said to have contributed much in the way of theoretical guide-posts to the ever-accelerating and complex field of geriatrics. Conversely, the later years of life could disappear without requiring major changes in most theoretical positions.
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Kastenbaum, R. (1964). Is old age the end of development?. In: Kastenbaum, R. (eds) New Thoughts on Old Age. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-38534-0_4
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