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Dying in Old Age - U.S. Practice and Policy (Paperback)
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Dying in Old Age - U.S. Practice and Policy (Paperback)
Series: Society and Aging Series
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Three-quarters of deaths in the U.S. today occur to people over the
age of 65, following chronic illness. This new experience of
"predictable death" has important consequences for the ways in
which societies structure their health care systems, laws, and
labor markets. Dying in Old Age: U.S. Practice and Policy applies a
sociological lens to the end of life, exploring how macrosocial
systems and social inequalities interact to affect individual
experiences of death in the United States. Using data from the
National Health and Aging Trends Study and Pew Research Center
Survey of Aging and Longevity, this book argues that predictable
death influences the entire life course and works to generate
greater social disparities. The volume is divided into sections
exploring demography, the circumstances of dying people, and public
policy affecting dying people and their families. In exploring
these interconnected factors, the author also proposes means of
making "bad death" an avoidable event. As one of the first books to
explore the social consequences of end of life practice, Dying in
Old Age will be of great interest to graduate and advanced
undergraduate students in sociology, social work, and public
health, as well as scholars and policymakers in these areas.
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