Research Catalog

Title

The situation of the elderly in Botswana : proceedings from an international workshop / Frank Jarle Bruun, Mbulawa Mugabe, Yolande Coombes [eds.].

Publication

Gaborone, Botswana : University of Botswana, National Institute of Development Research and Documentation ; Blindern, Oslo, Norway : University of Oslo, Centre for Development and the Environment, 1994.

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Additional Authors

• Bruun, Frank Jarle.
• Mugabe, Mbulawa.
• Coombes, Yolande.
• National Institute of Development Research & Documentation (Botswana)
• Centre for Development and Environment (Universitetet i Oslo)
• NIR-SUM Programme on Health, Population, and Development.
• International Workshop on the Situation of the Elderly in Botswana (1993 : Gaborone, Botswana)

Description

xiii, 135 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Report / NIR-SUM Programme on Health, Population, and Development, 0805-3251 ; no. 1

Uniform Title

Report (NIR-SUM Programme on Health, Population, and Development) ; no. 1.

Subject

• Older people > Botswana > Congresses

Note

• "The papers in this volume are based on presentations at an International Workshop on the Situation of the Elderly in Botswana held in Gaborone from March 29 to April 1, 1993 ... organised under the auspices of a five-year collaborative research programme on 'Health, population and development' between the National Institute of Development Research and Documentation (NIR), University of Botswana, and the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University of Oslo"--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Ageing : the global and regional perspective / by Alex Kalache -- The elderly, health and social policy in Botswana / by Mbulawa Mugabe -- Profile of the elderly in Botswana / by Yolande Coombes, Pilate Khulumani and Enock Ngome -- Elderly people at the village level / by Benedicte Ingstad -- The elderly and the youth's perceptions of each other / by Sheila Dinotshe Tlou -- There is no respect! : modernisation and the changing status of elderly men / by Frank Jarle Bruun -- Elderly people as care providers and care receivers / by Benedicte Ingstad and Frank Jarle Bruun -- Morbidity of elderly people at the village level / by Fredrik Clausen and Edwin Sandberg -- The elderly and their use of the health care system / by Sheila Dinotshe Tlou and Edwin Sandberg -- A rapid assessment of the perception of elderly on the problem of ageing in Botswana / by Enock Ngome -- The rural aged of Botswana / by Elizabeth A. Guillette -- Personal comments on the situation of the elderly and contemporary society / by Mmualefe Raditladi.

Call Number

Sc E 97-803

LCCN

95981285

OCLC

34549456

Title

The situation of the elderly in Botswana : proceedings from an international workshop / Frank Jarle Bruun, Mbulawa Mugabe, Yolande Coombes [eds.].

Imprint

Gaborone, Botswana : University of Botswana, National Institute of Development Research and Documentation ; Blindern, Oslo, Norway : University of Oslo, Centre for Development and the Environment, 1994.

Series

Report / NIR-SUM Programme on Health, Population, and Development, 0805-3251 ; no. 1

Report (NIR-SUM Programme on Health, Population, and Development) ; no. 1.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Bruun, Frank Jarle.

Mugabe, Mbulawa.

Coombes, Yolande.

National Institute of Development Research & Documentation (Botswana)

Centre for Development and Environment (Universitetet i Oslo)

NIR-SUM Programme on Health, Population, and Development.

International Workshop on the Situation of the Elderly in Botswana (1993 : Gaborone, Botswana)

Research Call Number

Sc E 97-803