Old Age in Modern Society
A textbook of social gerontology
Old age is a part of the lifecycle about which there are numerous myths and stereotypes. To present an overstatement of commonly held beliefs, the old are portrayed as dependent individuals, characterized by a lack of social autonomy, unloved and neglected by both their immediate family and friends; and posing a threat to the living standards of younger age groups by being a 'burden' that consumes without producing. Older people are perceived as a single homogeneous group, and the experiment of ageing characterized as being the same for all individuals, irrespective of the diversity of their circumstances before the onset of old age. In this…
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- ISBN: 978-0-412-54350-0
- EAN: 9780412543500
- Produktnummer: 16775763
- Verlag: Springer Us
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
- Seitenangabe: 276 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.4 cm 423 g
- Auflage: 1994
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 423
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