Valuing older people : a humanist approach to ageing /

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How can we understand older people as real human beings, value their wisdom, and appreciate that their norms and purposes both matter in themselves and are affected by those of others? Using a life-course approach this book argues that the complexity and potential creativity of later life demand a h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Edmondson, Ricca, Kondratowitz, Hans-Joachim von
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Policy Press, 2009.
Colección:Ageing and the lifecourse.
Temas:
Older people > Social conditions.
Population aging > Economic aspects.
Gerontology > Social aspects.
Gerontology > Philosophy.
Personnes âgées > Conditions sociales.
Vieillissement de la population > Aspect économique.
Gérontologie sociale.
Gérontologie > Philosophie.
old age.
elderly.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Aging.
Altern
Menschenwürde
Ethik
Religion
Alter
Altern.
Alter.
Älterer Mensch.
Äldre > sociala aspekter.
Åldrandet.
Aufsatzsammlung
Old age
Older people
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:How can we understand older people as real human beings, value their wisdom, and appreciate that their norms and purposes both matter in themselves and are affected by those of others? Using a life-course approach this book argues that the complexity and potential creativity of later life demand a humanistic vision of older people and ageing.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 298 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781847422934
1847422934
1847422918
9781847422910
9781447304173
1447304179
9781282501652
1282501658
9786612501654
6612501650

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