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Understanding old age : critical and global perspectives /
"Understanding Old Age takes a critical look at the vision of ageing, which often portrays older people as an ever-growing burden that will bring down the health service, wreck the pension system and overwhelm families and social services. Unpacking the ageist and sexist assumptions underlying...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Table of Contents; 1
- An Ageing World; 2
- Ageing Across Cultures; 3
- Rising Rides: Demography and Old Age; 4
- Older People as Political Actors; 5
- Globalization, Structural Adjustment and Ageing; 6
- Globalization, Migration and Ageing; 7
- Material Resources in Later Life; 8
- Health and Illness in Later Life; 9
- Family and Community in Later Life; 10
- Service for Elders; 11
- Institutional Living in Later Life; 12
- Ageing in Context; References; Index.