Technogenarians - Studying Health and Illness Through an Ageing, Science, and Technology Lens (Paperback)

"Technogenarians" investigates the older person's experiences of health, illness, science, and technology. It presents a greater theoretical and empirical understanding of the biomedical aspects of aging bodies, minds, and emotions, and the rise of gerontechnology industries and professions .? A unique scholarly investigation into elders as technology usersEmphasizes the need to put aging, science, and technology in the center of analyses of health and illnessExplores the rise of gerontechnology industries and professions?

Offers a critical study of the transformation of aging bodies, minds, and emotions into medical problems in need of medical solutions

Combines two scholarly areas - Science and Technology Studies and the Sociology of Aging, Health, and Illness - to produce innovative scholarship

General

Imprint:	Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2010
First published:	October 2010
Authors:	K. Joyce
Dimensions:	230 x 161 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	184
ISBN-13:	978-1-4443-3380-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Geriatric medicine
LSN:	1-4443-3380-1
Barcode:	9781444333800

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