Aging in today's world : conversations between an anthropologist and a physician /: conversations between an anthropologist and a physician. (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Renée Rose Shield and Stanley M. Aronson.
• Other Names: Shield, Renée Rose; Aronson, Stanley M
• Contents: Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction (RRS); Interlude: Death Be Not the Enemy (SMA) Chapter 2. Examining Our Assumptions (RRS); Commentary: Understanding Aging: Being Old Helps (SMA) Chapter 3. The Historical Demography of the Very Old (SMA); Commentary: What Are Some of the Implications of So Many Old People? (RRS) Chapter 4. Is Aging a Problem? (RRS); Commentary: The Problem of Elder Abuse (SMA) Chapter 5. (Negative) Associations to Growing Old: The Elderly Portrayed in Words (SMA); Commentary: Anthropological Musings on Dependency (RRS) Chapter 6. Mobility and Immobility: Stumbling, Tripping, Crumbling and Falling Amongst the Aged (SMA); Commentary: When They Fall Down (RRS) Chapter 7. Systemic Diseases of the Elderly and the Problem of Alcoholism: Two Points of View (SMA); Commentary: Practicalities and the Quality of Life (RRS) Chapter 8. Reflections On Retirement and the Concept of "Home" (RRS); Commentary: Vagrant Thoughts on Retirement (SMA) Chapter 9. Some Social and Ethical Implications of Dementia (RRS); Commentary: The Expectation of Sorrow as Anticipatory Grief (SMA); Interlude: Some Joys: My Personal Ode to Aging Thus Far (RRS) Chapter 10. Conclusion: The Face in the Mirror (SMA) Concluding Thoughts (RRS) References Cited; Index
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 305.2/6; Aging -- Anthropological aspects; Aging -- Physiological aspects; Aging -- Anthropological aspects; Aging -- Physiological aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782387244; 1782387242
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