Critical perspectives on ageing societies by Miriam Bernard

Critical perspectives on ageing societies by Miriam Bernard

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This important book brings together some of the best known international scholars working within a critical gerontology perspective to review and update our understanding of how the field has developed over and provide a challenging assessment of the complex practical and ethical issues facing older people, and those who conduct research on ageing.

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Critical perspectives on ageing societies by Miriam Bernard

This important book brings together some of the best known international scholars working within a critical gerontology perspective to review and update our understanding of how the field has developed over and provide a challenging assessment of the complex practical and ethical issues facing older people, and those who conduct research on ageing.
"This valuable and timely collection adds substantially to the critical gerontology literature by assessing progress, renewing the committed scholarship that provided the original impetus behind this approach and by ensuring that the voices of older people are at centre stage in its analyses" Alan Walker, University of Sheffield

Miriam Bernard is Professor of Social Gerontology and Director of the Research Institute for Life Course Studies at Keele University.

Thomas Scharf is Professor of Social Gerontology and Director of the Centre for Social Gerontology at Keele University.

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ISBN 13 9781861348906
ISBN 10 1861348908
Title Critical perspectives on ageing societies
Author Miriam Bernard
Series Ageing And The Lifecourse
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Policy Press
Year published 2007-05-16
Number of pages 200
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