North American Elders : United States and Canadian Perspectives

North American Elders : United States and Canadian Perspectives

A study in sociology and gerontology. Comparative Canadian and United States perspectives on aging and the elderly. Observations on the social policies, demographics, geographies, and cultural realities of both countries in the context of family experience, long-term care for the aged, and the quality of life of the elderly. Chapters also dedicated to mental illness, Native American elders, cross-national families, inter-generational families, and cross-cultural relationships. From Greenwood Press: "This volume represents a pioneering effort in Canadian-U.S. social policy analysis in the field of gerontology..."

Rathbone-McCuan, Eloise (editor)

Havens, Betty (editor)

Greenwood Press

1988

Miles, Edward J.

MacDonnell, J.A.

Maxwell, Jean M.

Stone, Leory O.

Fletcher, Susan

Myles, John

Hudson, Robert B.

Chappell, Neena L.

Branch, Laurence G.

Meyers, Allan R.

Smith, Colin M.

Herman, Nancy J.

Hashimi, Joan

Matthews, Anne Martin

Coward, Raymond T.

Boyce, A. Margery

Gee, Ellen M.

Weiler, Philip G.

Vanderburgh, Rosamond M.

Stuart, Paul

Rathbone-McCuan, Eloise

Robertson, Mary R. Murphy

Woolfson, Peter

English

Book

No

298

New York, New York

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