Healthy aging in sociocultural context [electronic resource] / edited by Andrew E. Scharlach and Kazumi Hoshino.
Scharlach, Andrew E.; Hoshino, Kazumi.
2013
HQ1064.U5 H366 2013
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Title Healthy aging in sociocultural context [electronic resource] / edited by Andrew E. Scharlach and Kazumi Hoshino.
ISBN 9780415636216
9780203085554 (electronic book)
Imprint New York : Routledge, 2013.
Language English
Description xvi, 115 p. : ill.
Call Number HQ1064.U5 H366 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.260973
Summary "Healthy Aging in Sociocultural Context examines two emerging trends facing countries throughout the world: population aging and population diversity. It makes a unique contribution to our understanding of these timely issues by examining their implications for healthy aging, a topic of increasing importance to policy-makers, planners, researchers, families, and individuals of all ages. The book focuses on three countries that provide important examples of these emerging global trends - Japan, Sweden, and the United States. Japan and Sweden are at the forefront in terms of healthy life expectancies, while the United States represents a country with considerable diversity. Examining these three countries together provides a unique opportunity to address questions such as the following: How can we understand differences in healthy life expectancy among different countries? What role might diversity play? And how might these effects change as geographic mobility increases diversity, even among societies that historically have been relatively homogeneous?"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Added Author Scharlach, Andrew E.
Hoshino, Kazumi.
Series Routledge advances in sociology ; 81
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pt. 1. Healthy aging and policy implications in the U.S.
pt. 2. Healthy aging and policy implications in Sweden
pt. 3. Healthy aging and policy implications in Japan
pt. 4. Future directions.

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