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Book review Contemporary Perspectives on Ageism by Liat Ayalon & Clemens Tesch-Römer


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1, 2Ana Marija Hošnjak


1 Alma Mater europaea, Maribor, Slovenia

2 University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia


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Article received: 17.02.2021.


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Article accepted: 23.02.2021.


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Author for correspondence:

Ana Marija Hošnjak

University of Applied Health Sciences Mlinarska cesta 38, Zagreb, croatia email: anamarija.hosnjak@zvu.hr


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keywords: ageism, intervention, health professionals


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Abstract


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The aim of the paper is to describe the contents of a book entitled Contemporary Perspectives on Age- ism. book debates around the various facets of age- ism, its consequences on society and in society, and provides a background for several feasible interven- tions on how to tackle and attempt to lessen ageism. The book brings important theoretical and empiri- cal knowledge to all those, who work with the older population.