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This major reference is a substantially revised edition of Palmore's
International Handbook on Aging, which was voted Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 1980. The reference collects and summarizes information on programs and research in gerontology in most countries where significant work is taking place. The chapters are arranged alphabetically, with each chapter devoted to a particular country. The countries selected represent a wide range of social, political, geographic, and economic conditions, and ten new countries are included in this edition.
Each chapter provides current information on the unique features of the country profiled; the roles and status of the aged; problems of the elderly; programs for older adults; research in biomedical, psychological, and sociological aspects of aging; and sources of additional information. Each chapter closes with a list of works for further consultation, and the handbook concludes with an appendix of gerontological associations and a bibliography. Gerontologists, social scientists, and policymakers will find this reference a valuable and current guide to developments and research on aging around the world.
List of contents
Preface
Argentina by Roberto Kaplan and Edgardo A. Guglielmucci
Australia by Richard B. Lefroy
Brazil by Luiz Roberto Ramos
Canada by Betty Havens and Neena L. Chappell
China by Lian Bo Hsia
Costa Rica by Fernando Morales-Martinez
Denmark by Henning Kirk
Egypt by Abdel Moniem Ashour
France by Anne Fontaine
Germany by Margaret Dieck and Hans Thomae
Hungary by Edit Beregi
India by P.V. Ramamurti and D. Jamuna
Ireland by Davis Coakley and Ciaran Donegan
Israel by Jenny Brodsky and Simon Bergman
Italy by Gaetano Crepaldi and Stefania Maggi
Japan by Daisaku Maeda
Mexico by Joaquin Gonzales Aragon
Norway by Eva Beverfelt
South Africa by S.P. Cilliers
Sweden by Torbjörn Svensson
Switzerland by Jean-Pierre Michel, Astrid Stuckelberger, and Bernard Grab
Taiwan by Ti-Kai Lee
United Kingdom by Tony Warnes
United States by Erdman B. Palmore
USSR Nations by Vladislav V. Bezrukov and Nina N. Sachuk
Appendix: International Directory of Gerontological and Geriatric Associations
Select Bibliography
Index
About the author
ERDMAN B. PALMORE is Professor Emeritus of Medical Sociology at the Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. His articles have appeared in journals such as
The Gerontologist,
Research on Aging,
Journal of Gerontology and
Journal of Applied Gerontology. He has authored or edited fifteen books, including the
International Handbook on Aging (Greenwood Press, 1980), and the
Handbook on the Aged in the United States (Greenwood Press, 1984). He is the Greenwood Press Series Editor for
Bibliographies and Indexes in Gerontology and
Contributions to the Study of Aging.
