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Unequal ageing : the untold story of exclusion in old age /

This much-needed book analyses money, health, place, quality of life and identity, and demonstrates the gaps of treatment and outcomes between older and younger people, and between different groups of older people. It provides strong evidence of the scale of current disadvantage in the UK and sugges...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cann, Paul, Dean, Malcolm
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Unequal ageing; Contents; List of tables and figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. How social age trumped social class?; 2. Too tight to mention: unequal income in older age; 3. The uneven dividend: health and well-being in later life; 4. No place like home? Housing inequality in later life; 5. What does it mean to be old?; 6. A life worth living? Quality of life in older age; 7. Why is ageing so unequal?; 8. Rewriting the story; Index.