Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Older Immigrants -- 2 Older Immigrants: Cultural Issues in Access to Health Care (Commentary) -- 3 Immigration and an Aging America: Downward Spiral or Virtuous Circle? (Commentary) -- 4 Population Aging and Benefit Sustainability: The Impact of Baby Boomer Aging on the Health Care System -- 5 What Havoc Will the Boomers Wreak? (Commentary) -- 6 Demographic Reflections on the Aging of the Baby Boom and Its Implications for Health Care (Commentary) -- 7 Perspectives on the Economic Implications of the Aging of Baby Boomers -- 8 Futures for the Baby Boom: Described, Inscribed, and Prescribed -- 9 Immigration Effects on Health Care for Older People -- 10 Migration and Health Care for Older People: Developing a Global Perspective (Commentary) -- 11 Immigration, Race/Ethnicity, and Health Care (Commentary) -- 12 The Aging of the Second Demographic Transition -- 13 The Second Demographic Transition, Aging Families, and the Aging of the Institutionalized Life Course (Commentary) -- 14 Some Thoughts on Aging, Marriage, and Well-Being in Later Life (Commentary) -- 15 The Impact of Demographic Changes on Relations Between Age Groups and Generations: A Comparative Perspective -- 16 The Future of Intergenerational Relationships-Variability and Vulnerabilities (Commentary) -- 17 Demographic Transitions, Age, and Culture (Commentary) -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.