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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... Old in America , Butler ( 1975 ) identified widespread inequalities based on age and the stereotyping of older adults as unproductive and essen- tially superfluous members of contemporary society . Indeed , Butler's defin- ition of ...
... Old in America , Butler ( 1975 ) identified widespread inequalities based on age and the stereotyping of older adults as unproductive and essen- tially superfluous members of contemporary society . Indeed , Butler's defin- ition of ...
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... older adults , the QALY assessment was tacitly biased against older patients . In essence , the fewer years you can reasonably be expected to live , the less you qualify under this measure . The QALY approach has been questioned by the ...
... older adults , the QALY assessment was tacitly biased against older patients . In essence , the fewer years you can reasonably be expected to live , the less you qualify under this measure . The QALY approach has been questioned by the ...
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... older adults is dependent on their relationship to a very limited understanding of the productive value of older citizens . Free market systems tend to denigrate older people as contributors to the social good because only economic ...
... older adults is dependent on their relationship to a very limited understanding of the productive value of older citizens . Free market systems tend to denigrate older people as contributors to the social good because only economic ...
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Desire for continuity | 31 |
Identity and the body | 37 |
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