Rapid population aging, once associated with only a select group of modern industrialized nations, has now become a topic of increasing global concern. This vol
Current demographic developments and change due to long life expectancies, low birth rates, changing family structures, and economic and political crises causin
Old age is a part of the lifecycle about which there are numerous myths and stereotypes. To present an overstatement of commonly held beliefs, the old are portr
This volume brings together chapters about aging in many non-Western cultures, from Africa and Asia to South America, from American Indians to Australian and Ha