| Description |
478 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Arno Press, 1980. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Old people in three industrial societies : an introduction / Henning Friis, Peter Townsend, and Ethel Shanas -- Health and incapacity in later life / Ethel Shanas -- The psychology of health / Ethel Shanas -- Medical services / Peter Townsend -- Welfare services and the family / Peter Townsend -- The structure of the family / Peter Townsend -- The household and family relations of old people / Jan Stehouwer -- The family and social class / Ethel Shanas -- Isolation, desolation, and loneliness / Peter Townsend, assisted by Sylvia Tunstall -- Work and retirement / Poul Milhøj -- The meaning of work / Ethel Shanas -- The financial resources of older people : a general review / Dorothy Wedderburn -- The characteristics of low income receivers and the role of the government / Dorothy Wedderburn -- Summary and conclusion / Peter Townsend -- Appendix A : Sample design and response / Dorothy Wedderburn. |
| Subject |
Older people -- United States.
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Older people -- Great Britain.
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Older people -- Denmark.
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| Added Author |
Shanas, Ethel.
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| ISBN |
9780202309507 alkaline paper |
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0202309509 alkaline paper |
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