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Successful Aging: The Myths, Realities, and Future of Aging in Canada. Mark Novak. Markham: Penguin Books, 1985, pp. 350 ($9.95 CDN).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Paul M. Baker
Paul M. Baker
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. V8W 2Y2.
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Abstract

This is an informative book on aging designed for the educated layperson, not the professional gerontologist or a student in an introductory social gerontology course. It covers demography, health care, pensions, retirement, leisure, education, and politics. An appendix gives useful information on sources of information in every province.

Résumé

Cet ouvrage s'avère édifiant et s'adresse aux profanes renseignés et non aux gérontologues professionels ou aux étudiants inscrits à un cours d'initiation à la gérontologie sociale. L'auteur touche plusieurs domaines, soit les considérations démographiques, les soins médicaux, les pensions, les retraites, les loisirs, l'éducation et les mécanismes régulatoires. Une appendice nous initie è plusieurs sources d'information établies dans toutes les provinces.

Type
Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus
Information
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , Winter/L'hiver 1986 , pp. 285 - 286
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1986

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