Ethel Shanas, Peter Townsend, Dorothy Wedderburn

Old People in Three Industrial Societies

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers a cross-cultural exposition of the health, family relationships, and social and economic status of the aged in 3 countries - the US, Britain, and Denmark. This book is useful for those involved in the study, treatment, and counseling of the aged, as well as for social research underlying the development and implementation of social policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 492
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 158mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 798g
• ISBN-13: 9780202309507
• ISBN-10: 0202309509
• Artikelnr.: 22103728

Autorenporträt

Ethel Shanas, Peter Townsend, Dorothy Wedderburn, Henning Kristian Friis, Poul Milhoj, Jan Stehouwer

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1 Old People in Three Industrial Societies: An Introduction 2
Health and Incapacity in Later Life 3 The Psychology of Health 4 Medical
Services 5 Welfare Services and the Family 6 The Structure of the Family 7
The Household and Family Relations of Old People 8 The Family and Social
Class 9 Isolation, Desolation , and Loneliness 10 Work and Retirement 11
The Meaning of Work 12 The Financial Resources of Older People: A General
Review 13 The Characteristics of Low Income Receivers and the Role of
Government 14 Summary and Conclusion