Technogenarians : studying health and illness through an ageing, science, and technology lens /
Technogenarians investigates the older person's experiences of health, illness, science, and technology. It presents a greater theoretical and empirical understanding of the biomedical aspects of aging bodies, minds, and emotions, and the rise of gerontechnology industries and professions. A un...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester ; Malden, MA :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2010.
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| Series: | Sociology of health and illness monograph series.
Wiley online library. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Technogenarians investigates the older person's experiences of health, illness, science, and technology. It presents a greater theoretical and empirical understanding of the biomedical aspects of aging bodies, minds, and emotions, and the rise of gerontechnology industries and professions. A unique scholarly investigation into elders as technology users Emphasizes the need to put aging, science, and technology in the center of analyses of health and illness Explores the rise of gerontechnology industries and professions Offers a critical study of the transformation of aging bodies, minds, and emotions into medical problems in need of medical solutions Combines two scholarly areas - Science and Technology Studies and the Sociology of Aging, Health, and Illness - to produce innovative scholarship -- Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published as volume 32, issue 2 of Sociology of Health & Illness -- (title page verso). Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781444391541 1444391542 |