title: [Current trends of social gerontology].
abstract: The urgent need of understanding of social consequences of a population aging are discussed in the paper. It was stressed that an existence and wellbeing of the elderly depend not only on the financial resources of an society but also oninterrelations between various social groups. An historical aspects of relations of a society at whole as well as medical workers to the problems of the elderly are discussed as well.
authors.affiliation: St. Petersburg Geriatric Center, 148, Fontanka Enbankment, St. Petersburg, 198103. peterlink@geriatric.ru
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Pushkova
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D012961:Sociology / Q000639:trends*