• DOI:10.1007/S12126-016-9261-7
Corpus ID: 151888371

Erosion of Eldercare in China: a Socio-Ethical Inquiry in Aging, Elderly Suicide and the Government’s Responsibilities in the Context of the One-Child Policy

@article{Nie2016ErosionOE,
  title={Erosion of Eldercare in China: a Socio-Ethical Inquiry in Aging, Elderly Suicide and the Government’s Responsibilities in the Context of the One-Child Policy},
  author={J. Nie},
  journal={Ageing International},
  year={2016},
  volume={41},
  pages={350-365}
}

• J. Nie
• Published 2016
• Medicine
• Ageing International

More than 200 million elderly people now live in China, about 15 % of the total Chinese population, equivalent to the fifth most populous country in the world. China’s “one-child policy” significantly accelerated the advent of an aging society, radically altered the structure of the population, and made eldercare a more challenging task. The oldest population group and families who lose the single child are rapidly increasing. Most alarmingly, suicide rates among elderly Chinese are extremely… Expand