Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-377) and index.
Contents
Aging and society -- Studying aging -- Aging people in an aging world: demographic perspectives -- The aging individual in social context -- Family as an age-integrating institution -- Aging persons and their families -- Work and the life course -- Retirement -- Economics and the aging of society -- Aging and the health of individuals -- Aging and the health care system -- Politics, government, and the welfare state -- The dynamics of aging in our future.
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