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Issues in global aging / Frederick L. Ahearn, Jr., editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older people.
- Aging.
- Older people--Religious life.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 165 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Haworth Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- Part I Global Dimensions of Aging 1
- The Future Is Aging / Jeanette C. Takamura 3
- Social Security Benefits for the Family: An Issue in Social Protection / Yung-Ping Chen 17
- Retirement Patterns and Pension Policy: An International Perspective / M. C. "Terry" Hokenstad, Lennarth Johansson 25
- Who Is Responsible for the Care of the Elderly? A Comparison of Policies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel / Carole Cox 33
- Pakistan's Zakat System: A Policy Model for Developing Countries as a Means of Redistributing Income to the Elderly Poor / Grace Clark 47
- Part II Religion, Spirituality, and Aging 77
- Religiosity as a Factor Affecting Adjustment of Minority Elderly to a Nursing Home / Sassy Sasson 79
- Physical Dysfunction and Social Participation Among Racial/Ethnic Groups of Older Americans: Implications for Social Work / Elizabeth M. Bertera, Barbara Bailey-Etta 97
- A Logotherapeutic Approach to the Quest for Meaningful Old Age / David Guttmann 117
- Aging, Religion, and Spirituality: Advancing Meaning in Later Life / Gerson David 129
- Examining Role Change: A Qualitative Study of Catholic Sisters Who Became Family Caregivers / JoAnn Meyer Burke 141.
- Notes:
- "Co-published simultaneously as Social thought, volume 20, numbers 3/4 2001."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0789014408
- OCLC:
- 49031803
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