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The Gerontologist Advance Access originally published online on August 26, 2009
The Gerontologist 2009 49(5):711-717; doi:10.1093/geront/gnp128
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

Thinking Like Lawyers

Elias S. Cohen, JD, MPA

Lecturer, Erickson School of Aging Management, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), 136 Farwood Road, Wynnewood, PA 19096

I. Doron (Ed.) (2009). Theories on Law and Aging: The Jurisprudence of Elder Law. Secaucus, NJ: Springer Publications. 157 pages. $169.00 (hardcover).

M. B. Kapp (2010). Legal Aspects of Elder Care. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. 356 pages. $77.95 (hardcover).

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The roots of writings on Law and Old Age are venerable, if uneven. Until 40 years ago, our legal literature on law and aging was thin, focused on issues of guardianship, poverty, inheritance, and estate taxes. Today, we are blessed with an array of literature suited for lawyers, judges, scholars, public and private program administrators, legislators, practitioners of every stripe, and teachers of gerontology. The two books under review here are important contributions to an already extensive corpus.

Firm understanding of theory is essential to both practitioners and scholars. In that sense, these books are directed at the broadest possible audience, not the least of whom include those who must marry theory and its application in the real world—judges. That said, Professor Kapp's volume is clearly aimed at educators of " ... students ... of public policy and administration, social work, nursing, sociology, psychology, health and human services administration, philosophy, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Law and Old Age: Ancient Concerns, Modern Insights
 

   Questions for the 21st Century
 

   Legal Aspects of Elder Care: Kapp
 

   Theories on Law and Aging: The Jurisprudence of Elder Law: Doron
 

   Conclusions
 

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