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Aging and Society A Canadian Perspectives 8th Edition
by Mark Novak, Herbert C. Northcott, Karen Kobayashi All
Chapters 1 - 20
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Chapter 1: Aging Today
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Chapter 3: Population Aging jt
Chapter 4: Aging and Ethnicity
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Chapter 5: Personal Health and Wellness
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Chapter 6: The Psychology of Aging
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Chapter 9: Retirement and Work jt jt
Chapter 10: Leisure, Recreation, and Service
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Chapter 14: Dying, Death, and Bereavement
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Aging and Society A Canadian Perspectives 8th Edition
by Mark Novak, Herbert C. Northcott, Karen Kobayashi All
Chapters 1 - 20
,Table of Contents
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Chapter 1: Aging Today
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Chapter 2: Theories and Methods jt jt
Chapter 3: Population Aging jt
Chapter 4: Aging and Ethnicity
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Chapter 5: Personal Health and Wellness
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Chapter 6: The Psychology of Aging
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Chapter 7: Healthcare
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Chapter 9: Retirement and Work jt jt
Chapter 10: Leisure, Recreation, and Service
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Chapter 12: Family Life jt
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a. to help oneself live the best old age possible
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c. to enable people to make old age as inexpensive a time of life as it can be
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