| Description |
xiv, 298 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Contributions to the study of aging, 0732-085X ; no. 8 |
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Contributions to the study of aging,
0732-085X ; no. 8.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 291-292. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Foreword : Canadian studies perspectives / Edward J. Miles -- Foreword : Cross-national gerontology / J.A. MacDonnell and Jean M. Maxwell -- I. Demography -- Demographic variations in North America / Leory O. Stone and Susan Fletcher -- II. Social policy -- Social policy in Canada / John Myles -- Social policy in the United States / Robert B. Hudson -- III. Long-term care -- Long-term care in Canada / Neena L. Chappell -- Long-term care in the United States / Laurence G. Branch and Allan R. Meyers -- IV. Chronic mentally ill -- The chronic mentally ill in Canada / Colin M. Smith and Nancy J. Herman -- United States elders with chronic mental disorder / Joan Hashimi -- V. Rural aging -- Aging in rural Canada / Anne Martin Matthews -- Aging in the rural United States / Raymond T. Coward -- VI. Aging veterans -- Aging veterans in Canada / A. Margery Boyce and Ellen M. Gee -- Aging veterans in the United States / Philip G. Weiler -- VII. Native elders -- The impact of government support for Indian culture on Canada's aged Indians / Rosamond M. Vanderburgh -- Indian elderly in the United States / Paul Stuart and Eloise Rathbone-McCuan -- VIII. Cross-national intergenerational families -- Cross-national families : the family experience of American women married to French-Canadian men / Mary R. Murphy Robertson -- Cross-cultural families : the Franco-Americans / Peter Woolfson -- IX. Conclusion -- Future cross-national developments / Eloise Rathbone-McCuan and Betty Havens. |
| Subject |
Older people.
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Gerontology -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Indexed Term |
North America Old persons Social conditions |
| Subject |
Older people.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison -- Canada.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison -- United States.
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Social Conditions -- Canada.
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Social Conditions -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Rathbone-McCuan, Eloise.
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Havens, Betty, 1936-
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| ISBN |
0313254842 library binding alkaline paper |
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