ERDMAN B. PALMORE is Professor Emeritus of Medical Sociology at the Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. His articles have appeared in journals such as The Gerontologist, Research on Aging, Journal of Gerontology and Journal of Applied Gerontology. He has authored or edited fifteen books, including the International Handbook on Aging (Greenwood Press, 1980), and the Handbook on the Aged in the United States (Greenwood Press, 1984). He is the Greenwood Press Series Editor for Bibliographies and Indexes in Gerontology and Contributions to the Study of Aging.

• Preface Argentina by Roberto Kaplan and Edgardo A. Guglielmucci Australia by Richard B. Lefroy Brazil by Luiz Roberto Ramos Canada by Betty Havens and Neena L. Chappell China by Lian Bo Hsia Costa Rica by Fernando Morales-Martinez Denmark by Henning Kirk Egypt by Abdel Moniem Ashour France by Anne Fontaine Germany by Margaret Dieck and Hans Thomae Hungary by Edit Beregi India by P.V. Ramamurti and D. Jamuna Ireland by Davis Coakley and Ciaran Donegan Israel by Jenny Brodsky and Simon Bergman Italy by Gaetano Crepaldi and Stefania Maggi Japan by Daisaku Maeda Mexico by Joaquin Gonzales Aragon Norway by Eva Beverfelt South Africa by S.P. Cilliers Sweden by Torbjorn Svensson Switzerland by Jean-Pierre Michel, Astrid Stuckelberger, and Bernard Grab Taiwan by Ti-Kai Lee United Kingdom by Tony Warnes United States by Erdman B. Palmore USSR Nations by Vladislav V. Bezrukov and Nina N. Sachuk Appendix: International Directory of Gerontological and Geriatric Associations Select Bibliography Index

ERDMAN B. PALMORE is Professor Emeritus of Medical Sociology at the Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. His articles have appeared in journals such as The Gerontologist, Research on Aging, Journal of Gerontology and Journal of Applied Gerontology. He has authored or edited fifteen books, including the International Handbook on Aging (Greenwood Press, 1980), and the Handbook on the Aged in the United States (Greenwood Press, 1984). He is the Greenwood Press Series Editor for Bibliographies and Indexes in Gerontology and Contributions to the Study of Aging.

• Preface Argentina by Roberto Kaplan and Edgardo A. Guglielmucci Australia by Richard B. Lefroy Brazil by Luiz Roberto Ramos Canada by Betty Havens and Neena L. Chappell China by Lian Bo Hsia Costa Rica by Fernando Morales-Martinez Denmark by Henning Kirk Egypt by Abdel Moniem Ashour France by Anne Fontaine Germany by Margaret Dieck and Hans Thomae Hungary by Edit Beregi India by P.V. Ramamurti and D. Jamuna Ireland by Davis Coakley and Ciaran Donegan Israel by Jenny Brodsky and Simon Bergman Italy by Gaetano Crepaldi and Stefania Maggi Japan by Daisaku Maeda Mexico by Joaquin Gonzales Aragon Norway by Eva Beverfelt South Africa by S.P. Cilliers Sweden by Torbjorn Svensson Switzerland by Jean-Pierre Michel, Astrid Stuckelberger, and Bernard Grab Taiwan by Ti-Kai Lee United Kingdom by Tony Warnes United States by Erdman B. Palmore USSR Nations by Vladislav V. Bezrukov and Nina N. Sachuk Appendix: International Directory of Gerontological and Geriatric Associations Select Bibliography Index

ERDMAN B. PALMORE is Professor Emeritus of Medical Sociology at the Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. His articles have appeared in journals such as The Gerontologist, Research on Aging, Journal of Gerontology and Journal of Applied Gerontology. He has authored or edited fifteen books, including the International Handbook on Aging (Greenwood Press, 1980), and the Handbook on the Aged in the United States (Greenwood Press, 1984). He is the Greenwood Press Series Editor for Bibliographies and Indexes in Gerontology and Contributions to the Study of Aging.

• Preface Argentina by Roberto Kaplan and Edgardo A. Guglielmucci Australia by Richard B. Lefroy Brazil by Luiz Roberto Ramos Canada by Betty Havens and Neena L. Chappell China by Lian Bo Hsia Costa Rica by Fernando Morales-Martinez Denmark by Henning Kirk Egypt by Abdel Moniem Ashour France by Anne Fontaine Germany by Margaret Dieck and Hans Thomae Hungary by Edit Beregi India by P.V. Ramamurti and D. Jamuna Ireland by Davis Coakley and Ciaran Donegan Israel by Jenny Brodsky and Simon Bergman Italy by Gaetano Crepaldi and Stefania Maggi Japan by Daisaku Maeda Mexico by Joaquin Gonzales Aragon Norway by Eva Beverfelt South Africa by S.P. Cilliers Sweden by Torbjorn Svensson Switzerland by Jean-Pierre Michel, Astrid Stuckelberger, and Bernard Grab Taiwan by Ti-Kai Lee United Kingdom by Tony Warnes United States by Erdman B. Palmore USSR Nations by Vladislav V. Bezrukov and Nina N. Sachuk Appendix: International Directory of Gerontological and Geriatric Associations Select Bibliography Index