Special Issue

I am very pleased to introduce this Special Issue of The Aging International Journal. This Special Issue has articles covering topics from Europe, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and other aspects of aging in Middle East. This Special Issue consists of papers that address topics from different perspectives of interest to healthcare policy makers, academic researchers and practitioners. The Special Issue was posted and advertised on a national and international scale All of the papers for these special issues were subjected to blind, peer review and the authors revised the manuscripts in accordance with the Guest Editor’s and reviewers’ comments.

I trust that the reader will find the papers in this Special Issue to be both interesting and provocative, and that they will provoke further research, case studies and demonstrations in the field of Public Health.

This issue would never have been possible without the support and patience I received from Professor Sue Levkov at Harvard Medical School and Professor Hongtu Chen at Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA. I gratefully acknowledge valuable guidance and feedback provided by the Ad-Hoc Editorial Board. The completion of this Special Issue would not have been possible without the many hours contributed by all of the anonymous reviewers who dedicated their time and expertise to helping make this Special Issue a reality.

Mustafa Z. Younis

Guest Editor & Tenured Professor

AD-Hoc International Editorial Board

Dana A. Forgione, Endowed Chair & Professor

College of Business

University of Texas- San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

USA

Michael Hartmann

School of Medicine

Jena University

Jena, Germany

Adnan Kisa

President & Rector

Zirve University

Gaziantep-TURKEY

Tawfik A M Khoja

MBBS, DPHC, FRCGP, FFPH, FRCP (UK)

Director General Executive Board,

Health Ministers Council for Cooperation Council

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Uwe Klein

Chairman, Health Care Strategy International GmbH

Lenbachplatz 1

Munich, Germany

Malcolm Richards,

Dean, School of Business and Management

American University of Sharjah

Sharjah, United Arab Emiratis

Angie Rhett Sassard

General Surgeon & Consultant

Metairie, Lousiana

USA

William Ward

College of Public Health

University of South Florida

Tampa, Florida

USA