Description: This book, based on extensive fieldwork in a Japanese institution for the elderly, explores the whole issue of ageing and responses to it in Japan, and compares the Japanese approach in these matters with Western approaches.
Pub Date: May 12, 2009
Dewey: 362.6
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.51" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 0.76 lbs) 240 pages
BISAC Categories:
Political Science | Public Policy | Social Services and Welfare | History | Asia | Japan | Social Science | Cultural and Ethnic Studies | General | Regional Studies
Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop
Description: This book, based on extensive fieldwork in a Japanese institution for the elderly, explores the whole issue of ageing and responses to it in Japan, and compares the Japanese approach in these matters with Western approaches.