From compassionate ageism to intergenerational conflict?

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 574-585

  Binstock, Robert H ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entitlement reform; Generational political conflict; Old age policies; Politics of aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; POLICY; POLITICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; POLITICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957132921     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq056     Document Type: Article

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