The Cultural Context of Aging

This book explores the cultural issues that affect aging.This new edition explores a wide variety of cultural issues worldwide that affect aging issues, from perception and valuation of the elderly to aspects including homelessness, care-giving, assisted suicide, psychological support and responses [...]
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This book explores the cultural issues that affect aging.This new edition explores a wide variety of cultural issues worldwide that affect aging issues, from perception and valuation of the elderly to aspects including homelessness, care-giving, assisted suicide, psychological support and responses to those with dementia. This book includes special student resources, data from the most recent studies, a guide to Internet sites, and a bibliography of related readings. Especially accessible to students across a variety of disciplines such as anthropology and psychology, this work fully updates and expands on the award-winning book, which drew the following praise from a gerontology journal: 'I marvel at the extent to which Sokolovsky has made "The Cultural Context of Aging" user friendly.' This edition includes 25 new chapters.