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This book is a ""career guide"" that will help readers explore job paths and positions that are established, emerging, and potential in the world of professional gerontology.The book intertwines career position profiles with interviews with individuals who currently hold some of the positions. 68 profiles cover 100 different career positions and the author suggests an additional 132 career positions that are possible in outside disciplines (e.g., anthropology, history, philosophy); professional fields (actuary, clothing and textiles, journalism, t heater); emerging subfields (entrepreneurial gerontology and religious/spiritual gerontology); or are based on aging-related issues (elder abuse); exercise and fitness; intimacy and sexuality; and substance abuse. It has a wide array of disciplines and professional fields represented. It also has an inclusion of relevant organizations and web sites for follow-up. It includes an extensive glossary, and is based on an academic course the author has taught for many years.