Rethinking old age : theorising the fourth age /: theorising the fourth age. ([2017?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard.
• Authors: Higgs, Paul; Gilleard, C. J
• Contents: 1. The Idea of a Fourth Age -- 2. The Shadow of Long-term Care -- 3. Demographic and Epidemiological Aspects of the Fourth Age -- 4. Frailty and the Fourth Age -- 5. Abjection and the Fourth Age -- 6. Care and the Moral Identity of the Fourth Age -- 7. Bridges and Barriers between the Third and the Fourth Age -- 8. Fashioning a Future for Fourth Age Studies.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 305.26; Social sciences; Death & Dying; Older people -- Social conditions; Aging -- Social aspects; Aging -- Psychological aspects; Gerontology; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Death & Dying; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Aging -- Psychological aspects; Aging -- Social aspects; Gerontology; Older people -- Social conditions; Geriatrics; Aging; Longevity; Ageism -- psychology; Aged; Sociology; Sociology: death & dying; Aging_xResearch; Family & Relationships -- Aging; Age groups: the elderly
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137384003
• Related ISBNs: 113738400X; 9781137383983
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.