Towards a medical anthropology of ageing /

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The proportion of people over 65 is substantially increasing and will continue to do so in the coming decades. Societies are concerned about the depletion of pension funds and austere fiscal plans that are unable to subsidize the basic care, protection and needs of their growing elderly populations....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kottow, Miguel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
Temas:
Aging > Sociological aspects.
Medical anthropology.
Older people.
Medicine > Philosophy.
Aged
Aging > ethics
Anthropology, Medical > methods
Healthy Aging
Philosophy, Medical
Medicalization > ethics
Vieillissement > Aspect sociologique.
Personnes âgées.
Médecine > Philosophie.
elderly.
Bio-ethics.
Geriatric medicine.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Older people
Medicine > Philosophy
Aging > Sociological aspects
Medical anthropology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: Anthropology and medicine. Chapter One. Introductory considerations ; Chapter Two. Images and concepts of the human ; Chapter Three. Anthropology ; Chapter Four. Trancendental anthropological conditions ; Chapter Five. Medicine: practice and science ; Chapter Six. Medical anthropology
  • Part II: On Ageing. Chapter Seven. Phenomenology of ageing ; Chapter Eight. Anthropology of ageing ; Chapter Nine. Social approach to ageing ; Chapter Ten. Medicine and ageing ; Chapter Eleven. Biomedicine and anthropology of ageing ; Chapter Twelve. Conclusion.

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