Overview
- The first comprehensive reference guide on aging, health and public policy
- Presents contributions from both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives on emerging social policies for the elderly
- Exhaustively reviews the phenomenon of aging using both quantitative and qualitative methods
- Shares insights from both seasoned and young researchers in the area of aging
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This handbook presents the latest information on all aspects of global aging, with a focus on Asia, including policies, age-associated diseases and conditions, health services, long-term care, living arrangements, income and social security, preventing abuse, and the impact of migration on the elderly. Furthermore, the book presents a synthesis of research on population aging, social protection policies, crimes against the elderly, new analyses of trends, and discussions of major social policy strategies. Written by academics, practitioners and policymakers in the field of gerontology, the book offers an informative resource for demographers, gerontologists, economists, anthropologists and other social scientists studying various facets of aging, as well as students in the social and health sciences.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Professor Rajan has been involved in several projects on aging funded by the United Nations (UN), United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), the World Bank, International Labour Organization (ILO), HelpAge International, South Asian Network of Economic Institutes, Indo-Dutch Program on Alternatives in Development, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, International Development Research Centre and Indian Council for Social Science Research. He has also undertaken considerable research on migration and is the editor the annual series, India Migration Report as well as editor-in-chief of the journal Migration and Development.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Aging, Health and Public Policy
Book Subtitle: Perspectives from Asia
Editors: S Irudaya Rajan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1914-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Social Sciences, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-1914-4Due: 27 June 2024
Number of Pages: X, 2365
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Demography, Health Psychology, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Public Health