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Who should care for the elderly? : an East-West value devide / edited by William T. Liu and Hal Kendig

Contributor(s): Kendig, Hal, 1948- | Liu, William T.
Publisher: Singapore : Singapore University Press : World Scientific, c2000Description: xv, 356 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9971692325.Subject(s): Age -- CareDDC classification: 362.6
Contents:
About the co-editors. - List of contributors. - Preface. Critical issues of caregiving : east-west dialogue. - Pt. One. The western perspectives. 1. Societal and family cgange in the burden of care / Rhonda J.V. Montgomery. 2. Family change and family bonding : conceptual and policy issues / Marvin B. Sussman. 3. The social context of the anture of care / Allen Glicksman. 4. Sharing long-term care between the family and the state - A European perspective / Alan Walker. 5. Family change and family bonding in Australia / Hal Kendig. 6. Care and social support - the example of ageing migrants / Ken Blakemore. 7. The value of old age in modern society : social responses to 'elder abuse' / Richard Hugman. - Pt. Two. The Eastern Perspectives. 8. The social psychological perspective of elderly care / Ying-Yi Hong. 9. Values and caregiving burden : the significance of Filial Piety in Elder Care / William T. Liu. 10. Filial Piety, Co-residence, and intergenerational Solidarity in Japan / Wataru Koyano.
Summary: This book comprises a collection of refereed and edited papers that originated from an invited conference on East-West Values in Elder Care held in Hong Kong in 1996. Organised under Western or Eastern Perspectives, the contributions reflect the belief that knowledge in the care-giving field has reached a point where comparisons can shed useful insights into not only the differences in cultures but also between the perspectives of the scholars. - Back cover
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About the co-editors. - List of contributors. - Preface. Critical issues of caregiving : east-west dialogue. - Pt. One. The western perspectives. 1. Societal and family cgange in the burden of care / Rhonda J.V. Montgomery. 2. Family change and family bonding : conceptual and policy issues / Marvin B. Sussman. 3. The social context of the anture of care / Allen Glicksman. 4. Sharing long-term care between the family and the state - A European perspective / Alan Walker. 5. Family change and family bonding in Australia / Hal Kendig. 6. Care and social support - the example of ageing migrants / Ken Blakemore. 7. The value of old age in modern society : social responses to 'elder abuse' / Richard Hugman. - Pt. Two. The Eastern Perspectives. 8. The social psychological perspective of elderly care / Ying-Yi Hong. 9. Values and caregiving burden : the significance of Filial Piety in Elder Care / William T. Liu. 10. Filial Piety, Co-residence, and intergenerational Solidarity in Japan / Wataru Koyano.

This book comprises a collection of refereed and edited papers that originated from an invited conference on East-West Values in Elder Care held in Hong Kong in 1996. Organised under Western or Eastern Perspectives, the contributions reflect the belief that knowledge in the care-giving field has reached a point where comparisons can shed useful insights into not only the differences in cultures but also between the perspectives of the scholars. - Back cover