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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... biomedical policy ; and the impact of globalization and corporate power on responses to health and illness in later life . Political resist- ance to biomedical definitions of personal identity and public policy are a final link with ...
... biomedical policy ; and the impact of globalization and corporate power on responses to health and illness in later life . Political resist- ance to biomedical definitions of personal identity and public policy are a final link with ...
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... biomedical perspectives on ageing has led to an acceptance of the association between adult ageing and bodily and mental deterioration . Finally they note that a combination of specialism and a separ- ation of mind from the body has ...
... biomedical perspectives on ageing has led to an acceptance of the association between adult ageing and bodily and mental deterioration . Finally they note that a combination of specialism and a separ- ation of mind from the body has ...
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... biomedical hegemony , 81-2 biomedical industry , 74 , 88 , 89 biomedical model , 2 , 10-11 , 12 objectivity and progress , 80-2 biomedical see also entries beginning medical black / third world feminism , 47 Blaikie , A. , 36 and ...
... biomedical hegemony , 81-2 biomedical industry , 74 , 88 , 89 biomedical model , 2 , 10-11 , 12 objectivity and progress , 80-2 biomedical see also entries beginning medical black / third world feminism , 47 Blaikie , A. , 36 and ...
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
Identity and the body | 37 |
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