Aging in today's world : conversations between an anthropologist and a physician / / Renée Rose Shield and Stanley M. Aronson

• Autore: Shield Renée Rose
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.26
• Soggetto topico: Aging; Aging - Anthropological aspects; Aging - Physiological aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): AronsonStanley M. <1922->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; Interlude: Death Be Not the Enemy; Chapter 2 Examining Our Assumptions; Commentary: Understanding Aging Being Old Helps; Chapter 3 The Historical Demography of the Very Old; Commentary: What Are Some of the Implications of So Many Old People?; Chapter 4 Is Aging a Problem?; Commentary: The Problem of Elder Abuse; Chapter 5 (Negative) Associationsto Growing Old: The Elderly Portrayed in Words; Commentary: Anthropological Musingson Dependency; Chapter 6 Mobility and Immobility Stumbling, Tripping, Crumbling, and Falling Amongst the Aged ; Commentary: When They Fall DownChapter 7 Systemic Diseases of the Elderly and the Problem of Alcoholism: Two Points of View; Commentary: Practicalities and the Quality of Life; Chapter 8 Reflections on Retirement and the Conceptof "Home"; Commentary: Vagrant Thoughts on Retirement; Chapter 9 Some Socialand Ethical Implications of Dementia; Commentary: The Expectation of Sorrow as Anticipatory Grief; Interlude: Some Joys: My Personal Ode to Aging Thus Far; Chapter 10 Conclusion The Face in the Mirror; Concluding Thoughts; References Cited; Index
• Titolo autorizzato: Aging in today's world
• ISBN: 1-57181-420-5; 1-57181-080-3; 1-78238-724-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910494721303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Public issues in anthropological perspective ; ; v. 4.