Screen LibraryNegotiating ageing : cultural adaptation to the prospect of a long life /
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge key themes in health and society
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| Carrier Form: | x, 183 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138947757 (hardback) : 113894775X (hardback) 9781315669908 (electronic book) 1315669900 (electronic book) |
| Index Number: | HQ1061 |
| CLC: | C913.6 |
| Call Number: | C913.6/B592-1 |
| Contents: | Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- The promise of a long life -- Interrogating personal and intergenerational ageing -- Work to the rescue? -- Is work good or bad for health? -- Spirit, belief and the in-between -- Lifecourse, gerotranscendence and wisdom -- The ageing body, the social and the natural -- Anti ageing -- Dementia -- Family and generations -- Conclusions -- Index. |