This new edition explores a wide variety of cultural issues worldwide that affect aging issues, from perception and valuation of the elderly to aspects including homelessness, caregiving, assisted suicide, psychological support and responses to those with dementia. This volume includes special student resources, data from the most recent studies, a guide to Internet sites, and a bibliography of related readings. Especially accessible to students across majors from anthropology and psychology to social work, nursing, and medicine, this work fully updates and expands on the award-winning book, which drew the following praise from a gerontology journal: "I marvel at the extent to which Sokolovsky has made The Cultural Context of Aging user friendly." This edition includes 25 new chapters.