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The Role of Gerontological Associations in Korea
Author(s) -
Choi SungJae
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1998.tb00053.x
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , quarter (canadian coin) , geriatrics , gerontology , discipline , field (mathematics) , political science , psychology , sociology , social science , medicine , history , computer science , mathematics , archaeology , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , pure mathematics
. It was in the late 1960s to the early 1970s, when ageing began to be recognised as a social problem, that gerontological studies began to attract attention in Korea, and a beginning was made in geriatrics at that time. Over the next quarter of a century, gerontological studies developed to become a multi‐disciplinary and applied science which involves a variety of disciplines, and is also making contributions to policy formulation in Korea. This paper has three purposes: it canvasses the emergence of social awareness of the problems of ageing in Korea, it reviews the historical development of gerontology associations and their roles and activities, and it considers issues that will shape the future development of the field.