ISBN:
9781138947757
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 183 Seiten
Edition:
1st Edition
Series Statement:
Routledge key themes in health and society
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Older people Social conditions
;
Aging
;
Aging Cross-cultural studies
;
Cultural pluralism
Abstract:
Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- The promise of a long life -- Interrogating personal and intergenerational ageing -- Work to the rescue? -- Is work good or bad for health? -- Spirit, belief and the in-between -- Lifecourse, gerotranscendence and wisdom -- The ageing body, the social and the natural -- Anti ageing -- Dementia -- Family and generations -- Conclusions -- Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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