Health and Care in Ageing Societies
eBook - PDF

Health and Care in Ageing Societies

A New International Approach

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Health and Care in Ageing Societies

A New International Approach

About this book

In the context of global ageing societies, there are few challenges to the underlying assumption that policies should promote functional health and independence in older people and contain the costs of care. This important book offers such a challenge. It provides a critical analysis of the limitations of contemporary policies and calls for a fuller understanding of the relationship between health and care throughout the life-course. Located within the tradition of the feminist ethic of care, the book provides a fresh insight into global policy debates and the impact that these have on people's experiences of ageing. Including international evidence on health inequalities, health promotion and health care, this book will be of interest to a range of social scientists, particularly specialists in gerontology and social policy.

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Information

Publisher
Policy Press
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9781861349194
eBook ISBN
9781447304920

Table of contents

  1. Health and Care in Ageing Societies
  2. Contents
  3. List of abbreviations
  4. Foreword
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. 1. Introduction
  7. 2. Patterns and trends in ageing and health
  8. 3. Understanding health and care
  9. 4. The policy process in health and care
  10. 5. Healthy ageing: upstream actions to prevent illness
  11. 6. Medicine, ageing and healthcare
  12. 7. Care for health in later life
  13. 8. Conclusion
  14. References
  15. Index