Review:
"Ekerdt's excellent reference work provides a wide variety of information about aging and the aged with topics drawn from the behavioral and social sciences, bioethics, humanities, religion, law, biology, and medicine.... Highly recommended for general readers, students at all levels, faculty, and practitioners."
Synopsis:
This four-volume academic set covers the subject of aging from a social, cultural, sociological, biological, medical, anthropological, religious/philosophical, and economic point of view. Special attention has been paid to cross-national differences in policies and approaches related to aging. For example, the inclusion of an article on euthanasia, listing the various approaches to this practice in different countries.
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