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Human aging and dying : a study in sociocultural gerontology
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- Creator
- Wilbur H. Watson, Robert J. Maxwell, editors
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : St. Martin's Press, [1977]
- ©1977
- Physical Details
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- ix, 143 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 0312396902, 9780312396909, 0312397259, 9780312397258
- OCLC
- ocm03046036
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Older people -- Social conditions.
- Aging.
- Social status.
- Death.
Medical Subject Heading
- Geriatrics.
Medical Subject Heading
- Aging.
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