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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

Technogenarians: Studying Health and Illness Through an Ageing, Science, and Technology Lens

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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... Read more

    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 17/09/2010
    ISBN13: 9781444333800, 978-1444333800
    ISBN10: 1444333801

    Number of Pages: 184

    Description

    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

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