This book examines the concept of aging. It interrogates how it has been co-opted and absorbed by bio-medical approaches to gerontology. The book explores how the concept of risk is a major feature of how aging has been constructed and positioned by bio-medical experts, a transition to a "risk society" and the implications of populational aging in global society.
ISBN: | 9781628089028 |
Publication date: | 10th October 2013 |
Author: | Jason L Powell |
Publisher: | Nova Science Publishers an imprint of Nova Science Publishers Inc |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 66 pages |
Genres: |
Sociology |