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Technogenarians: Studying Health and Illness Through an Ageing, Science, and Technology Lens
Contributor(s): Joyce, Kelly (Editor), Loe, Meika (Editor)
ISBN: 1444333801     ISBN-13: 9781444333800
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $39.43  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects
- Computers | Computer Literacy
Dewey: 618.97
LCCN: 2010029189
Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 184 pages
 
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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 users
  • Emphasizes the need to put aging, science, and technology in the center of analyses of health and illness
  • Explores 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