Social Theory, Social Policy and Ageing: A Critical IntroductionOpen University Press, 2003 - 191 páginas Presents a critical review of key theoretical developments and issues influencing the study of adult ageing. This book explores trends in social policy, drawing on the experience of ageing in the USA, Europe and an increasingly global environment. Particular attention is given to feminist perspectives on ageing, ethics and bio-medicine. |
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... global institutions are increasingly influential in setting agendas around key ... World Bank , the IMF , the WTO – and a few players – the finance , commerce , and trade ... Organisation ( WTO ) to open the global market in private health care ...
... global institutions are increasingly influential in setting agendas around key ... World Bank , the IMF , the WTO – and a few players – the finance , commerce , and trade ... Organisation ( WTO ) to open the global market in private health care ...
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... World Trade Organisation ( with enthusiastic support from the USA ) . The WTO enforces more than twenty separate international agreements , using international trade tribunals that adjudicate disputes . Such agreements include the ...
... World Trade Organisation ( with enthusiastic support from the USA ) . The WTO enforces more than twenty separate international agreements , using international trade tribunals that adjudicate disputes . Such agreements include the ...
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... World Trade Organisation could accelerate privatization in health care systems , Lancet , 356 : 1995-2000 . Porter , S. ( 1997 ) The patient and power : the politics of holistic care , Health and Social Care in the Community , 5 ( 1 ) ...
... World Trade Organisation could accelerate privatization in health care systems , Lancet , 356 : 1995-2000 . Porter , S. ( 1997 ) The patient and power : the politics of holistic care , Health and Social Care in the Community , 5 ( 1 ) ...
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
Identity and the body | 37 |
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