Abstract

Anthropological Observations on Vietnamese Older Adults, Questions to be Asked and Gerontology-Related Research in Vietnam

Highlights

  • Vietnamese older adults worth studying from an anthropo-gerontological perspective: Vietnamese old people are respected in the society; old age is not associated with sickness or problem; the meaning of old age is different because of circular view of life and death etc

  • We review a number of gerontology-related research studies conducted in Vietnam: Lam, Mai & Hong (2013) note that not surprisingly there are regional differences in the percentage of older adult population across Vietnam, and their access to health services

  • Most of the research either concerns demographics or medicine/health, a number of papers published on well-known gerontology journals are to be noted

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Anthropological Observations on Vietnamese Older Adults, Questions to be Asked and Gerontology-Related Research in Vietnam. Dr - Duy Tan University, Faculty of Arts & Humanities Adress: Duy Tan University, 3 Quang Trung, Danang, Vietnam. Senex: Journal of Aging Studies, 2, s.

Notes on Vietnamese Folk Religion
Notes on Vietnamese Family Structure
A Brief Overview of Gerontology-Related Research in Vietnam
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