Aging in Today's World: Conversations between an Anthropologist and a Physician
In: Public Issues in Anthropological Perspective v.4
Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Interlude: Death Be Not the Enemy -- Chapter 2 Examining Our Assumptions -- Commentary: Understanding Aging Being Old Helps -- Chapter 3 The Historical Demography of the Very Old -- Commentary: What Are Some of the Implications of So Many Old People? -- Chapter 4 Is Aging a Problem? -- Commentary: The Problem of Elder Abuse -- Chapter 5 (Negative) Associationsto Growing Old: The Elderly Portrayed in Words -- Commentary: Anthropological Musingson Dependency