Medical Sociology and Old Age: Towards a Sociology of Later Life (Critical Studies in Health and Society)-[1]-[pdf]-[Paul Higgs]

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书籍信息:
标题: Medical Sociology and Old Age: Towards a Sociology of Later Life (Critical Studies in Health and Society)
语言: English
格式: pdf
大小: 1.0M
页数: 155
年份: 2008
作者: Paul Higgs
版次: 1

简介

The nature of health in later life has conventionally been studied from two perspectives. Medical sociologists have focused on the failing body, chronic illness, infirmity and mortality, while social gerontologists on the other hand have focused on the epidemiology of old age and health and social policy. By examining these perspectives, Higgs and Jones show how both standpoints have a restricted sense of contemporary ageing which has prevented an understanding of the way in which health in later life has changed. In the book, the authors point out that the current debates on longevity and disability are being transformed by the emergence of a fitter and healthier older population. This third age - where fitness and participation are valorised – leads to the increasing salience of issues such as bodily control, age-denial and anti-ageing medicine. By discussing the key issue of old age versus ageing, the authors examine the prospect of a new sociology – a sociology of health in later life.     Medical Sociology and Old Age is essential reading for all students and researchers of medical sociology and gerontology and for anyone concerned with the challenge of ageing populations in the twenty-first century.  This book is essential reading for all students and researchers of medical sociology and gerontology.


目录
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
1 Medical sociology and old age......Page 12
2 Social gerontology and old age......Page 28
3 The body at later ages......Page 45
4 New developments in social gerontology......Page 60
5 The death of old age, critical approaches as undertakers......Page 77
6 The birth of a new sociology of health in later life......Page 92
7 Conclusion......Page 110
Notes......Page 126
References......Page 128
Index......Page 151

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