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Aging 2000

a challenge for society

Authors:

  1. Philip Selby

    1. World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

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  2. Mal Schechter

    1. National Institute on Aging, USA

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  3. United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-5
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  2. Preface

    1. Preface

      • Sadruddin Aga Khan
      Pages 7-10
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  3. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Raymond Rigoni
      Pages 11-13
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  4. Overall summary

    1. Overall summary

      • Philip Selby, Mal Schechter, United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
      Pages 15-24
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  6. Round One (replies by topic)

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Coping with Chronic Physical and Mental Problems

      • Philip Selby, Mal Schechter, United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
      Pages 53-60
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    3. Ensuring Suitable Housing

      • Philip Selby, Mal Schechter, United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
      Pages 61-68
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    4. Provision of Services

      • Philip Selby, Mal Schechter, United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
      Pages 69-82
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    5. Payment for Services

      • Philip Selby, Mal Schechter, United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
      Pages 83-92
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    6. Optimal Utilization of Human Resources

      • Philip Selby, Mal Schechter, United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
      Pages 93-100
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    7. The Individual and the Family

      • Philip Selby, Mal Schechter, United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
      Pages 101-107
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    8. The Individual and the Community

      • Philip Selby, Mal Schechter, United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
      Pages 108-113
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    9. Leisure Activities and the Use of Time

      • Philip Selby, Mal Schechter, United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
      Pages 114-120
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    10. Employment

      • Philip Selby, Mal Schechter, United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
      Pages 121-126
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    11. Preparation for Retirement

      • Philip Selby, Mal Schechter, United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
      Pages 127-133
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    12. Assuring Retirement Income

      • Philip Selby, Mal Schechter, United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
      Pages 134-142
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    13. Retirement Policies

      • Philip Selby, Mal Schechter, United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
      Pages 143-147
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  7. Round Two

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-151
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    2. Diversity and Policy-Making

      • Philip Selby, Mal Schechter, United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs
      Pages 152-156
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About this book

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Morituri Salutamus We live in a society that remorselessly casts off those who are too weak, mentally or physically, to cling to the dizzy wheel of existence - a society that worships the idols of beauty, youth, and wealth whilst ruthlessly rejecting those who fall outside its narrow standards of acceptability, or exploitability. The elderly are the latest victims of an artificial life-style that tends to create artificial problems. In this respect, we have much to learn from those primitive communities that continue to revere their elders for the wisdom they have acquired in the school of life, and which have yet to make the dubious progression to a civilization that dismisses its senior members as senile old fools or a burden on taxpayers' funds. It is vital to warn developing countries of the dangers of duplicating the errors of the industrial world - of which they see only the superficial trappings that mask the iceberg of disillusionment beneath.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

    Philip Selby

  • National Institute on Aging, USA

    Mal Schechter

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aging 2000

  • Book Subtitle: a challenge for society

  • Authors: Philip Selby, Mal Schechter, United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6273-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Sandoz Institute for Health and Socio-Economic Studies 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-6275-3Published: 13 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-6273-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 222

  • Topics: Public Health

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