Joyce, Kelly
Technogenarians: Studying Health and Illness Through an Ageing, Science, and Technology Lens
- 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
Nyckelord: anti-aging, illness of elderly, gerontechnology industries, sociological approach, ageism , , , , , , , , , , , ,
- Författare
- Joyce, Kelly
- Loe, Meika
- Utgivare
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Utgivningsår
- 2010
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Sidantal
- 192 sidor
- Kategori
- Samhälle
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781444351897
- Tryckt ISBN
- 9781444333800