The end game : how inequality shapes our final years /

"Senior citizens face a gauntlet of physical, psychological, and social hurdles. But do disadvantages accumulated over a lifetime make the final years especially difficult for some people? Or does the quality of life among poor and affluent seniors converge? Corey Abramson investigates whether...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abramson, Corey M., 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Older people > United States > Social conditions.
Aging > Social aspects > United States.
Ageism > United States.
Discrimination > United States.
Personnes âgées > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Vieillissement > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Âgisme > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Ageism.
Aging > Social aspects.
Discrimination.
Older people > Social conditions.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Senior citizens face a gauntlet of physical, psychological, and social hurdles. But do disadvantages accumulated over a lifetime make the final years especially difficult for some people? Or does the quality of life among poor and affluent seniors converge? Corey Abramson investigates whether lifelong inequality structures the lives of the elderly"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (244 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674286801
0674286804

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