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Generations Review - October 2009

In this Issue:

Editorial

Wendy Martin, Samuel R. Nyman, Christina Victor and Veronika Williams Click here to read more

News & Reviews

Message from the President of BSG - Judith Phillips

Alan Walker prize - Tessa Harding

BSG 2009 conference report - Simon Evans

BSG 2010 Conference - call for abstracts now open! - Mary Pat Sullivan & Wendy Martin

Report on the BSG 38th annual conference: ‘Culture, Diversity and Ageing, 2nd - 4th September, 2009 - Sasha Stumpers

ERA Update - Christian Beech

New books launched at the BSG Conference - Jessica Hughes

New Dynamics of Ageing programme update - Karen Tsui

BSG Scotland report - Susan Tester

Special Issue on Social Work and Older People - call for papers

Report from the Honorary Secretary - Wendy Martin

What's On

What's On Information on forthcoming conferences

Profile

Susan Tester

Research

PhD Abstracts

”Look as young as you feel.” Cultural conceptions on age and ageing in popular press aimed at women over 40 - Karin Lövgren

Research Papers

“Die young and stay pretty”: the Vampire Myth as Ageism in Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Martin Westwood

The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) - Elizabeth Breeze

Student nurses’ attitudes and knowledge towards the care of older people in Saudi Arabia - Samira Alsenany

Policy & Practice

A model elderly home for the senior citizens of Pakistan - Fariha Abdullah

Policy and the demographic ageing population of Scotland: issues today and tomorrow - Yvonne Coull

Education & Careers

Publish or perish? What might help with writing and publications - Professor Jill Manthorpe

Older and Wiser - Dr Margaret Fidler

One pathway to starting a career in Gerontology: the success and obstacles in completing a European Masters programme - Julie Melville

The challenges for gerontology students - Yiu Tung Suen

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