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Negotiating ageing : cultural adaptation to the prospect of a long life /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Biggs, Simon, 1955- (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Series:Routledge key themes in health and society.
Subjects:
Older people > Social conditions.
Aging.
Aging > Cross-cultural studies.
Cultural pluralism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.