Elderhood : redefining aging, transforming medicine, reimagining life
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
Format
Book
ISBN
9781620405468, 1620405466
Physical Desc
xiv, 449 pages ; 25 cm
Status
Merrill - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
Language
English
ISBN
9781620405468, 1620405466
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-435) and index.
Description
For more than 5,000 years, "old" has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That means most people alive today will spend more years in elderhood than in childhood, and many will be elders for 40 years or more. Yet at the very moment that humans are living longer than ever before, we've made old age into a disease, a condition to be dreaded, denigrated, neglected, and denied. Reminiscent of Oliver Sacks, noted Harvard-trained geriatrician Louise Aronson uses stories from her quarter century of caring for patients, and draws from history, science, literature, popular culture, and her own life to weave a vision of old age that's neither nightmare nor utopian fantasy--a vision full of joy, wonder, frustration, outrage, and hope about aging, medicine, and humanity itself. -- inside front flap.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Aronson, L. (2019). Elderhood: redefining aging, transforming medicine, reimagining life . Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Aronson, Louise. 2019. Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Aronson, Louise. Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Aronson, Louise. Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
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