Technogenarians: Studying Health and Illness Through an Ageing, Science, and Technology LensISBN: 978-1-4443-3380-0
Paperback
184 pages
October 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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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
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Offers a critical study of the transformation of aging bodies, minds, and emotions into medical problems in need of medical solutions
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Combines two scholarly areas - Science and Technology Studies and the Sociology of Aging, Health, and Illness - to produce innovative scholarship