| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
viii, 438 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : squaring the pyramid / Alan Pifer & Lydia Bronte -- Aging of "The first new nation" / W. Andrew Achenbaum -- Changing meanings of age in the aging society / Bernice L. Neugarten & Dail A. Neugarten -- Longevity and social structure : the potential of the added years / Matilda White Riley & John W. Riley, Jr. -- Demographic dimensions of an aging population / Jacob S. Siegel & Cynthia M. Taeuber -- Sex and gender in the aging society / Alice S. Rossi -- Family : women and grandparents as kin-keepers / Gunhild O. Hagestad -- Children : treasured resource or forgotten minority? / Harold A. Richman & Matthew W. Stagner -- Outlook for the black family / Rose C. Gibson -- Education as a lifelong process / Harry R. Moody -- Hispanics : a special challenge / Fernando Torres-Gil -- Will the young support the old? / Edward A. Wynne -- Process of aging : growing up and growing old / James E. Birren -- Medicine : the life and death of Oliver Shay / Jerome L. Avorn -- Paying the health-care bills of an aging population / Karen Davis -- Health care in the aging society : a moral dilemma / Daniel Callahan -- Work and retirement in an older society / Malcolm H. Morrison -- Economic consequences of population aging / John L. Palmer & Stephanie G. Gould -- Public policy response / Alan Pifer. |
| Subject |
Older people -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Older people. |
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United States. |
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Social conditions. |
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Older people -- United States -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
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Older people -- Family relationships -- United States.
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Older people -- Family relationships. |
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Age distribution (Demography) -- United States.
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Age distribution (Demography) |
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Older people -- Medical care -- United States.
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Older people -- Medical care. |
| Indexed Term |
United States Old persons Socioeconomic aspects |
| Added Author |
Pifer, Alan J.
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Bronte, Lydia, 1938-2003.
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| ISBN |
0393022994 |
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9780393022995 |
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0393303349 paperback |
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9780393303346 paperback |
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