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Cross-national Comparisons of Social Isolation and Loneliness: Introduction and Overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2010

Jenny de Jong Gierveld  and
Betty Havens
Jenny de Jong Gierveld*
Affiliation:
Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanitiesand Social Sciences (NIDI), The Hague
Betty Havens*
Affiliation:
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
*
Requests for offprints should be sent to: / Les demandes de tirés-à-part doivent être adressées à : Jenny de Jong Gierveld, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, P.B. 11650, 2502 AR, The Hague, The Netherlands. (Gierveld@nidi.nl)
Betty Havens, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, S-110, 750 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0W3. (havens@umanitoba.ca)
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Abstract

This article provides an introduction to the special volume on research related to issues of social isolation and loneliness for older people. It discusses some key concepts and provides a brief overview of the articles included in the volume.

Résumé

Cet article sert d'introduction à un volume spécial sur la recherche en matière d'isolement social et de solitude chez les personnes âgées. L'auteur y aborde certains concepts-clés et nous donne un bref aperçu des articles se trouvant dans le volume.

Keywords

agingsocial isolationlonelinessvieillissementisolement socialsolitude
Type
Articles
Information
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 23 , Special Issue/Numéro special 2: Social Isolation and Loneliness/Isolement social et solitude , Summer/Été 2004 , pp. 109 - 113
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 2004

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