The Social Networks of Older People
Subtitle: A Cross-National Analysis
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: October 30, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780275953270
Subjects: Care of the elderly; Elderly; Social Gerontology; Social Science; Sociology; Anthropology - General; Gerontology; Social Psychology; Social Science / Gerontology; Cross-cultural studies; Older people; Social networks
First sentence: The sociological construct of social network is increasingly being invoked around the world in the policy debate on the social care of elderly people (Abrams, 1980; Litwin and Auslander, 1992; Schilling, 1987; Steinbach, 1992; Wellman and Hall, 1986; Wenger, 1994a; Yoder, Leaper, and Jonker, 1985; Zarit, Pearlin, and Schaie, 1993).