The Need for Theory
Subtitle: Critical Approaches to Social Gerontology (Society and Aging Series)
Contributors: Simon Biggs (Editor); Ariela Lowenstein (Editor); Jon Hendricks (Editor)
Publisher: Baywood Publishing Company
Published: June 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780895032775
Subjects: Elderly; Sociology; Gerontology; Social Science; Aging; Older people
First sentence: In the past two decades critical gerontology has grown as a vibrant sub-field blending humanities and social science ideas to challenge the instrumentalism of mainstream gerontology and broaden aging studies beyond biomedical models.