Aspects of AgeingP. R. Kaim-Caudle, Jane Keithley, Audrey Mullender Whiting & Birch, 1993 - 184 páginas This book contains 14 papers written to celebrate the European Year of Older People and Solidarity between Generations in 1993. Issues of ageing are considered from the perspectives of demography, economics, social policy, sociology, community care, Buddhist philosophy, literature, and gender studies. The contributors from Germany, France and the UK include some of Erurope's most distinguished gerontologists. |
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Whose solidarity with whom? The case of women | 25 |
social and policy issues | 42 |
Why so many old? | 81 |
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