Aging And Ethnicity by Donald E. Gelfand
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Textbook (Hardcover - New Edition)
- 232pp
- Sales Rank: 383,219
Textbook Information
- ISBN-13: 9780826174215
- Edition Description: New Edition
- Edition Number: 2
- Pub. Date: January 2003
- Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: January 2003
- Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated
- Format: Textbook Hardcover, 232pp
- Sales Rank: 383,219
- Series: Springer Series on Adulthood and Aging
- ISBN-13: 9780826174215
- ISBN: 0826174213
- Edition Number: 2
- Edition Description: New Edition
Synopsis
Gelfand (sociology, Wayne State U.) examines issues concerning the ethnic elderly living in the U.S., including security, family and religious organizations as sources of assistance, and reaching and meeting ethnic aged needs. The second edition incorporates data about significant ethnic groups from the 2000 census, and provides fuller coverage on the impact of immigration on the U.S. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Annotation
Ethnic aged in the U.S./security & the ethnic elderly/family & church as sources of assistance/programs for ethnic aged.
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Donald E. Gelfand, PhD, is a professor of sociology at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, and Coordinator of the Wayne State University End-of-Life Interdisciplinary Project (WSU-EOLIP). He has conducted and published research on attitudes of Mexican Americans toward end-of-life care. He has also conducted extensive research on issues of aging among variety of other ethnic groups including African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and individuals from a variety of European backgrounds. The second edition of his book Aging and Ethnicity was published by Springer Publishing Company in 2003.
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