"Co-published simultaneously as Gerontology & geriatrics education, Volume 26, Number 1 2005." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Aging education in a global context / Dena Shenk, Lisa Groger -- Globalization and the experiences of aging / Christine L. Fry -- Course design on aging : incorporating cross-cultural perspectives that challenge assumptions about assessment and service delivery / Kathryn Sabrena Elliott -- Cross-cultural perspectives in thanatology : through a prism of religious faiths / Monica Nandan -- Heroes of their own stories : expressions of aging in international cinema / Robert E. Yahnke -- Teaching cross-cultural aging : using literary portrayals of elders from Chile and the United States / Barbara Waxman -- Gerontology programs in Japanese higher education : a brief history, current status, and future prospects / Noriko Tsukada, Toshio Tatara -- Gerontology education and research in Kenya : establishing a U.S.-African partnership in aging / Sharon V. King, Mugo Gachuhi, Gillian Ice, Maria Cattell, Frank Whittington -- Teaching Chinese health care professionals about community-based long-term care in China / Bei Wu.
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