Aging education in a global context
By: Dena Shenk, Lisa Groger, guest editors.
Contributors: Shenk, Dena.; Groger, Lisa.
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: The New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780789030801; 9780789030818
Subjects: Gerontology.; Aging -- Study and teaching.; Geriatrics -- Study and teaching.; Aging -- Cross-cultural studies.
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Other titles: Gerontology & geriatrics education.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Co-published simultaneously as Gerontology & geriatrics education, Volume 26, Number 1 2005."
Table of contents: title: Aging education in a global context / Dena Shenk, Lisa Groger; title: Globalization and the experiences of aging / Christine L. Fry; title: Course design on aging : incorporating cross-cultural perspectives that challenge assumptions about assessment and service delivery / Kathryn Sabrena Elliott; title: Cross-cultural perspectives in thanatology : through a prism of religious faiths / Monica Nandan; title: Heroes of their own stories : expressions of aging in international cinema / Robert E. Yahnke; title: Teaching cross-cultural aging : using literary portrayals of elders from Chile and the United States / Barbara Waxman; title: Gerontology programs in Japanese higher education : a brief history, current status, and future prospects / Noriko Tsukada, Toshio Tatara; title: Gerontology education and research in Kenya : establishing a U.S.-African partnership in aging / Sharon V. King, Mugo Gachuhi, Gillian Ice, Maria Cattell, Frank Whittington; title: Teaching Chinese health care professionals about community-based long-term care (CBLTC) in China / Bei Wu.