Medical Sociology and Old Age: Towards a sociology of health in later life

By Paul Higgs and Ian Rees Jones

Book Overview

As populations throughout the world grow older, the health of older people becomes more and more important for policy makers and the public alike. This book reflects on how our understanding and experience of health at later ages interacts with social and bio-medical developments

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041539855X
• ISBN13: 9780415398558
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"