Technogenarians
Studying Health and Illness Through an Ageing, Science, and Technology Lens
Meika Loe editor Kelly Joyce editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:17th Sep '10
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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 is timely volume about the devices, spaces, and medicines, which ‘technogenarians' use as they negotiate health and illness in everyday life." (Sociology of Health & Illness, 2011)
ISBN: 9781444333800
Dimensions: 231mm x 156mm x 12mm
Weight: 272g
184 pages