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Educating Health Professionals in Gerontology

A Canadian Perspective

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A new Statistics Canada report, bringing together years of analysis based on 1991 census data offers a comprehensive portrait of a society dominated by an overwhelming trend—aging. And some experts warn that society still hasn’t come to grips with the consequences. We’re now much more aware of population aging than we were before, but have we come to terms with it?

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  1. School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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  1. University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

    Eino Heikkinen , Jorma Kuusinen  & Isto Ruoppila ,  & 

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Beckingham, A.C. (1995). Educating Health Professionals in Gerontology. In: Heikkinen, E., Kuusinen, J., Ruoppila, I. (eds) Preparation for Aging. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1979-9_31

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