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Astrid Stuckelberger, François Höpflinger. Vieillissement différentiel: hommes et femmes. Dossier de recherche. Zürich, Éditions Seismo, 1996.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Aline Vézina
Affiliation:
École de service social, Université Laval, Québec.

Abstract

Do men and women age differently? This is the question the authors attempt to answer. By borrowing from biological, psychobehavioural and sociohistoric fields of study, the authors address - from a differential angle - man/woman relationships, life expectancy, causes of morbidity and mortality, health status perception, psychological aging, life cycle events, and family relationships. This is an excellent, well-documented review of writings that elicit reflection on current and future aging at the dawn of the 21st century.

Type
Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1998

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