Posts Tagged ‘aging’

Aging In Today’s World: Conversations Between An Anthropologist And A Physician (Public issues in anthropological perspective)

Monday, February 8th, 2010
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Never before in human existence have the aged been so numerous β€” and for the most part β€” healthy. In this important new book, two professionals, an anthropologist and a physician, wrestle with the complex subject of aging. Is it inevitable? Is it a burden or gift? What is successful aging? Why are some people better at aging than others? W[Read More]


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Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing, and Dying

Monday, February 8th, 2010
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After being introduced for a lecture, Ram Dass eschewed the stairs and, from his front row seat, leapt up on to the stage--or tried to, anyway, but age and gravity brought him crashing back to earth. Like other baby boomers, Ram Dass has learned the hard way that aging is unkind to the body. But he has also learned that it can be an opportunity for[Read More]


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Sociology Of Aging: A Social Problems Perspective- (Value Pack w/MySearchLab)

Monday, February 8th, 2010
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MySearchLab provides students with a complete understanding of the research process so they can complete research projects confidently and efficiently. Students and instructors with an internet connection can visit www.MySearchLab.com and receive immediate access to thousands of full articles from the EBSCO ContentSelect database. In addition, MySe[Read More]


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Aging and the Life Course

Monday, February 8th, 2010
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White Saris and Sweet Mangoes: Aging, Gender, and Body in North India

Monday, February 8th, 2010
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This rich ethnography explores beliefs and practices surrounding aging in a rural Bengali village. Sarah Lamb focuses on how villagers' visions of aging are tied to the making and unmaking of gendered selves and social relations over a lifetime. Lamb uses a focus on age as a means not only to open up new ways of thinking about South Asian social li[Read More]


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Care Managers: Working With the Aging Family

Monday, February 8th, 2010
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Care Managers: Working with the Aging Familyaddresses the unmet needs of care managers working with aging clients as well as the client's entire family. With it’s in-depth focus on the β€œ aging family system," this book fills a gap for medical case managers and geriatric care managers giving them tools to better meet the treatment goals of aging[Read More]


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