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281 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781442213654
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication date: 14 February 2013
Description
Margaret Cruikshank's Learning to Be Old examines what it means to grow old in America today. The book questions social myths and fears about aging, sickness, and the other social roles of the elderly, the over-medicalization of many older people,...
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281 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781442213654
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication date: 14 February 2013
Description
Margaret Cruikshank's Learning to Be Old examines what it means to grow old in America today. The book questions social myths and fears about aging, sickness, and the other social roles of the elderly, the over-medicalization of many older people,...