Human aging and dying : a study in sociocultural gerontology

Human aging and dying : a study in sociocultural gerontology /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Watson, Wilbur H., Maxwell, Robert J.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : St. Martin's Press, ©1977.
Subjects:	Older people > Social conditions. Aging. Social status. Death. Old age > Social conditions. Death Geriatrics Aging Personnes âgées > Conditions sociales. Vieillissement. Statut social. Mort. social status. deaths. Kulturvergleich Alter Aging > Cross-cultural studies. Older people > Services for > Cross-cultural studies. Death > Cross-cultural studies. Collected Work

Table of Contents:

Part one : Aging as status passage in comparative social and cross-cultural contexts
Information and esteem : cultural considerations in the treatment of the aged
The changing status of elders in a Polynesian society
Aging and race
Part two : The disabled elderly, the dying, and their keepers
The internal order of a home for the Jewish elderly
Social interaction in a home for the black elderly
Elements in the social structure of dying.