Aging in today's world : conversations between an anthropologist and a physician / / Renée Rose Shield and Stanley M. Aronson |
Autore | Shield Renée Rose |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.26 |
Collana | Public issues in anthropological perspective |
Soggetto topico |
Aging
Aging - Anthropological aspects Aging - Physiological aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-57181-420-5
1-57181-080-3 1-78238-724-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910494721303321 |
Shield Renée Rose | ||
New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Aging in today's world : conversations between an anthropologist and a physician / / Renée Rose Shield and Stanley M. Aronson |
Autore | Shield Renée Rose |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.26 |
Collana | Public issues in anthropological perspective |
Soggetto topico |
Aging
Aging - Anthropological aspects Aging - Physiological aspects |
ISBN |
1-57181-420-5
1-57181-080-3 1-78238-724-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798135303321 |
Shield Renée Rose | ||
New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Aging in today's world : conversations between an anthropologist and a physician / / Renée Rose Shield and Stanley M. Aronson |
Autore | Shield Renée Rose |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.26 |
Collana | Public issues in anthropological perspective |
Soggetto topico |
Aging
Aging - Anthropological aspects Aging - Physiological aspects |
ISBN |
1-57181-420-5
1-57181-080-3 1-78238-724-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821261503321 |
Shield Renée Rose | ||
New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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No aging in India : Alzheimer's, the bad family, and other modern things / / Lawrence Cohen |
Autore | Cohen Lawrence <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxv, 367 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 305.26 |
Soggetto topico |
Aging - Anthropological aspects - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Aging - Anthropological aspects Alzheimer's disease - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) Ethnology - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) Senile dementia - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) Aging - India Anthropology, Cultural - India Alzheimer Disease - India Dementia - India Social & Cultural Anthropology Anthropology Social Sciences |
ISBN |
0-520-92532-7
0-585-06880-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495887503321 |
Cohen Lawrence <1961-> | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 1998 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Les nouvelles frontieres de l'age / / Richard Lefrancois |
Autore | Lefrançois Richard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 352 p. ; ; 23 cm |
Disciplina | 305.26 |
Soggetto topico |
Aging - Anthropological aspects
Aging - Social aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
santé
retraite vieillissement personnes âgées |
ISBN |
2-7606-2970-8
979-1-03-650428-0 2-7606-2428-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910279740203321 |
Lefrançois Richard | ||
Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Les nouvelles frontières de l'âge / / Richard Lefrançois |
Autore | Lefrançois Richard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montréal : , : Presses de l'Université de Montréal, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.26 |
Collana | Sociétés et cultures de l'Asie |
Soggetto topico |
Aging - Anthropological aspects
Old age - Social aspects |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
Nota di contenuto | Partie 1 : Portrait sociodémographique des sociétés sénescentes -- 1. Les métaphores de l'âge -- 2. La planète des vieillards -- Partie 2 : Portrait biologique de la vieillesse -- 3. Homo senectus : une figure historique inédite -- 4. Sur les traces de la longue vie -- 5. Vulnérabilité et résistance du corps -- Partie 3 : Enjeux et défis des sociétés sénescentes -- 6. Regards croisés sur les enjeux du vieillissement -- 7. Le malaise de la prise en charge -- 8. L'avenir des régimes de retraite, de l'économie et de l'équilibre intergénérationnel -- Partie 4 : Défis et ressources des personnes aînées -- 9. Le paradoxe de la vieillesse -- 10. L'exposition aux épreuves et aux transitions de vie -- 11. Le potentiel d'adaptabilité et de croissance des personnes aînées -- Partie 5 : Les contours du vieillissement sociétal -- 12. Sociétés sénescentes et postmodernité -- 13. Sénescence de la société et de la culture occidentales -- 14. Le tortueux parcours de la gérontologie. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910724374503321 |
Lefrançois Richard | ||
Montréal : , : Presses de l'Université de Montréal, , 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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