ch. 1. The effect of aging populations on society. The effects of an aging society in the United Kingdom are uncertain / Adam P. Smith -- Israel faces a disaster as its population ages / Ronny Linder-Ganz -- Worldwide, the aging population can create opportunities / Julika Erfurt, Athena Peppes, and Mark Purdy -- In Japan, aging women face economic hardships / Suvendrini Kakuchi -- In China, the one-child policy has created difficulties for elder care / Lan Fang -- ch. 2. Policy solutions to aging populations. Brazil can solve infrastructure problems associated with its aging population / Michael W. Hodin -- Iran is trying to encourage childbirths to offset its aging population / Farzaneh Roudi -- Rethinking retirement in Korea can help address an aging population / Chemin Rim -- Immigration can balance the aging population in Europe / Joan Muysken -- Immigration will not balance an aging population in Germany / Spiegel -- ch. 3. Attitudes towards the elderly. The elderly enjoy high status in Iran / Maryam Ala Amjadi -- Denmark has excellent services for the elderly / Judy Steed -- The elderly face age discrimination in Australia / Kate Southam -- Many chinese will not help the elderly for fear of lawsuits / Feng Yiran -- India's elderly have little social protection / K.S. Harikrishnan -- ch. 4. Health issues and aging. Hungry, thirsty, unwashed: NHS treatment of the elderly condemned / Jeremy Laurance -- The AIDS epidemic in Africa has robbed the elderly of vital caretakers / Ruthann Richter -- Latin America's aging population must deal with chronic diseases / Andrèˆ C. Medici -- Health issues plague the aging prison population in the United States / James Ridgeway -- Indonesia should subsidize immunizations for the elderly / Lance Jennings -- Haiti: don't forget the elderly / Integrated Regional Information Networks.
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