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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... increase in drug use was not prompted by changes in the illness profile of the ageing popula- tion , the authors claim , but arose partly as a consequence of policies aimed at reducing the length of hospital stays and partly through ...
... increase in drug use was not prompted by changes in the illness profile of the ageing popula- tion , the authors claim , but arose partly as a consequence of policies aimed at reducing the length of hospital stays and partly through ...
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... increasing strain . As social change and technical advance have gathered pace and have produced therapeutic advances that increase bodily potential , it is argued that there has been ero- sion of rigid divisions between age groups and ...
... increasing strain . As social change and technical advance have gathered pace and have produced therapeutic advances that increase bodily potential , it is argued that there has been ero- sion of rigid divisions between age groups and ...
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... increase in demand for surgery on bodies that patients ' don't like ' on top of ones that ' won't work ' . Hodgekin ( 1996 ) indicates that such trends evidence a move toward what he has called ' recre- ational surgery ' - in other ...
... increase in demand for surgery on bodies that patients ' don't like ' on top of ones that ' won't work ' . Hodgekin ( 1996 ) indicates that such trends evidence a move toward what he has called ' recre- ational surgery ' - in other ...
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Social theory and ageing | 8 |
beyond disengagement theory | 19 |
Key Points | 25 |
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