Gender, Health and Ageing
. Ed(S): Backes, Gertrud M.; Lasch, Vera; Reimann, Katja
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Paperback. Editor(s): Backes, Gertrud M.; Lasch, Vera; Reimann, Katja. Num Pages: 321 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, 34 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 417.
Foreword Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello Certain books are eagerly anticipated and long overdue. „Gender, health, and ageing“ is such a book. Its topic is relevant in many different ways. The de- graphic and societal changes of the past decades, such as longevity and - provement of public health, have definitely created new and often very distinct realities for men and women. However, these diversities have only marginally and fragmentally been the topic of research endeavours. There is, for example, a general growing awareness for the societal phenomenon of „feminization of old age“, yet the topic and its psychosocial and health-related consequences haven’t ... Read more
Foreword Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello Certain books are eagerly anticipated and long overdue. „Gender, health, and ageing“ is such a book. Its topic is relevant in many different ways. The de- graphic and societal changes of the past decades, such as longevity and - provement of public health, have definitely created new and often very distinct realities for men and women. However, these diversities have only marginally and fragmentally been the topic of research endeavours. There is, for example, a general growing awareness for the societal phenomenon of „feminization of old age“, yet the topic and its psychosocial and health-related consequences haven’t ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Weisbaden, Germany
ISBN
9783531149806
SKU
V9783531149806
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About . Ed(S): Backes, Gertrud M.; Lasch, Vera; Reimann, Katja
Gertrud M. Backes, Professor for Ageing and Society at Vechta University, Centre for Research on Ageing and Society, Director. Vera Lasch, Ph.D., Social Gerontology, at the Department of Social Studies, University of Kassel. Katja Reimann, Diploma of Social Pedagogic, Social Gerontology, at the Department of Social Studies, University of Kassel.
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