ISBN:
9780415111355
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (226 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Life, Death and the Elderly : Historical Perspectives
DDC:
305.26
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
A valuable historical perspective on the economic, medical, class and gender relations of the elderly, which until now have received relatively little attention
Description / Table of Contents:
BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; TABLES AND FIGURES; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE MANORIAL COURT AND THE ELDERLY TENANT IN LATE MEDIEVAL ENGLAND; 2 SUFFERINGS OF THE CLERGY; 3 OLD AGE, POVERTY, AND DISABILITY IN EARLY MODERN NORWICH; 4 THE ELDERLY AND THE BEREAVED IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY LUDLOW; 5 THE MEDICALIZATION OF OLD AGE; 6 THE ELDERLY AND THE EARLY NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; 7 THE WELFARE OF THE ELDERLY IN THE PAST; 8 WELFARE INSTITUTIONS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
