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Social Divisions and Later Life

Difference, Diversity and Inequality

By: Gilleard, Chris,Higgs, Paul

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Social Divisions and Later Life

Difference, Diversity and Inequality

By: Gilleard, Chris,Higgs, Paul

As the population ages, this book reveals how divides that are apparent through childhood and working life change and are added to in later life. Two internationally renowned experts in ageing look beyond longstanding factors like class, gender and ethnicity to explore new social divisions, including contrasting states of physical fitness and mental health. They show how differences in health and frailty are creating fresh inequalities in later life, with significant implications for the future of our ageing societies. This accessible overview of social divisions is essential reading for those interested in the sociology of ageing and its differences, diversities and inequalities.

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222

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Policy Press

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144733860X

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9781447338604

Personhood, Identity and Care in Advanced Old Age

By: Higgs, Paul,Gilleard, Chris

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Personhood, Identity and Care in Advanced Old Age

By: Higgs, Paul,Gilleard, Chris

How do we sustain agency and identity amidst the frailty of advanced old age? What role does care play in this process? Pushing forward new sociological theory, this book explores the theoretical and practical issues raised by age and infirmity. It begins with a theoretical examination of the fourth age, interrogating notions of agency, identity and personhood, as well as the impact of frailty, abjection and ‘othering’. It then applies this analysis to issues of care. Exploring our collective hopes and fears concerning old age and the ends of people’s lives, this is essential reading on one of the biggest social issues of our time.

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188

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Policy Press

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1447319095

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9781447319092

Social Theory, Social Policy And Ageing: A Critical Introduction

Critical Perspectives

By: Biggs, Simon,Estes, Caroll,Phillipson, Chris

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Social Theory, Social Policy And Ageing: A Critical Introduction

Critical Perspectives

By: Biggs, Simon,Estes, Caroll,Phillipson, Chris

This work covers theoretical developments and issues influencing the study of adult ageing. It explores contemporary trends in social policy drawing on the experience of ageing in the USA, Europe and an increasingly global environment. Feminist perspectives on ageing are also covered.

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200

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335209068

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9780335209064

Key Concepts in Health Studies

By: Chris Yuill,Iain Crinson,Eilidh Duncan

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Key Concepts in Health Studies

By: Chris Yuill,Iain Crinson,Eilidh Duncan

Key Concepts in Health Studies provides a much needed guide to the central concepts used across the subject, and offers the reader a comprehensive overview of the core topics, theories and debates. Drawing together the fundamentals within the disciplines of health, nursing, and social policy this book is an ideal text both for students studying health in a range of academic fields, and for health and social care practitioners. From ageism to public health, and gender to obesity, the book offers an exciting guide to the multidisciplinary field. Each entry features: -A snapshot definition of the concept -A wider discussion of the main issues -Case studies illustrating the application of theory to practice -Examples of further reading Highly readable, with clear indexing, and cross-referencing between entries, this is not only a student-friendly textbook that will enable the reader to dip into and update their knowledge of a particular key concept, but a valuable resource to anyone practicing in the health care field.

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193

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SAGE

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1446249565

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9781446249567

Adult Day Services and Social Inclusion

Better Days

By: Chris L. Clark

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Adult Day Services and Social Inclusion

Better Days

By: Chris L. Clark

Placing adult day services within the whole spectrum of social provision, the contributors to this book explore their complementary role alongside field social work, health care, domiciliary services and supported accommodation. Professionals in all sectors of social care will find it an essential guide to the provision of an effective day service.

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244

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1853028878

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9781853028878

Drugs, Ageing and Society

Social and Pharmacological Perspectives

By: Bruce Burns,Chris Phillipson

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Drugs, Ageing and Society

Social and Pharmacological Perspectives

By: Bruce Burns,Chris Phillipson

During the 1970s and 1980s prescription and over-the-counter drugs had come to play a major role in the health care of older people. Originally published in 1986, this book reviews the historical background to this development and explores its social and pharmacological implications. The main aim of the study was to provide a critical perspective on drug use together with a framework for developing effective prescribing policies. The authors do not, in developing their arguments, reject the enormous value of drugs in the treatment of many illnesses affecting older people; they do, however, criticise excessive as well as inappropriate prescribing. The intention was to provide some practical illustrations of how the harmful effects of drug use can be curtailed. This book was aimed, in particular, at workers in the health services, for example: doctors, health visitors, district nurses, pharmacists, the professions allied to medicine. However, it should also be of interest to other groups such as social workers, carers, support groups and older people themselves.

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173

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Taylor & Francis

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104000752X

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9781040007525

Personhood, Identity and Care in Advanced Old Age

By: Higgs, Paul,Gilleard, Chris

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Personhood, Identity and Care in Advanced Old Age

By: Higgs, Paul,Gilleard, Chris

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188

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Policy Press

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1447319052

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9781447319054

Ageing, Corporeality and Embodiment

By: Chris Gilleard,Paul Higgs

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Ageing, Corporeality and Embodiment

By: Chris Gilleard,Paul Higgs

‘Ageing, Corporeality and Embodiment’ outlines and develops an argument about the emergence of a ‘new ageing’ during the second half of the twentieth century and its realisation through the processes of ‘embodiment’. The authors argue that ageing as a unitary social process and agedness as a distinct social location have lost much of their purchase on the social imagination. Instead, this work asserts that later life has become as much a field for ‘not becoming old’ as of ‘old age’. The volume locates the origins of this transformation in the cultural ferment of the 1960s, when new forms of embodiment concerned with identity and the care of the self arose as mass phenomena. Over time, these new forms of embodiment have been extended, changing the traditional relationship between body, age and society by making struggles over the care of the self central to the cultures of later life.

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228

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Anthem Press

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1783083379

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9781783083374

Cultures of Ageing

Self, Citizen and the Body

By: Chris Gilleard,Paul Higgs

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Cultures of Ageing

Self, Citizen and the Body

By: Chris Gilleard,Paul Higgs

For undergraduate courses in sociology and psychology which examine ageing adulthood. This book focuses on the dramatic changes to the nature of post-retirement life experienced by people at the end of the twentieth century. It examines age and ageing in terms of the key preoccupations of contemporary sociology - citizenship, the body and the self. The book provides a platform for a new social gerontology that sees ageing as central to our understanding of social change. It examines social, cultural and political changes in Europe and North America to address the need for a text that moves the study of ageing from social policy towards the mainstream of social science.

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217

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Routledge

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1317880153

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9781317880158

Understanding the Sociology of Health

An Introduction

By: Anne-Marie Barry,Chris Yuill

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Understanding the Sociology of Health

An Introduction

By: Anne-Marie Barry,Chris Yuill

Understanding the Sociology of Health continues to offer an easy to read introduction to sociological theories essential to understanding the current health climate. Up-to-date with key policy and research, and including case studies and exercises to critically engage the reader, this book shows how sociology can answer complex questions about health and illness, such as why health inequalities exist. To better help with your studies this book contains: · a global perspective with international examples; · a new chapter on health technologies; · online access to videos of the author discussing key topics as well as recommended further readings; · a glossary, chapter summaries and reflective questions to help you engage with the subject. Though aimed primarily at students on health and social care courses and professions allied to medicine, this textbook provides valuable insights for anyone interested in the social aspects of health.

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353

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SAGE

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1473995116

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9781473995116

The Body and Social Theory

By: Chris Shilling

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The Body and Social Theory

By: Chris Shilling

Great to have a new edition - this is essential reading and provides a clear, accessible yet original overview of social theory and the body." - Sarah Nettleton, University of York "Lucidly argued and accessibly written, this book avoids the pitfalls of either too much naturalism or too much social constructivism. It is a book with something for everyone, from the classics in social theory on the body to contemporary bodily phenomena like genetics, body modification, and cultural anxieties about death." - Kathy Davis, Utrecht University Unrivalled in its clarity and coverage, this sparkling new edition of Chris Shilling′s classic text is a masterful account of the emergence and development of body matters in sociology and related disciplines. A timely, well reasoned response to current concerns and controversies across the globe, it provides chapter-by-chapter coverage of the major theories, approaches and studies conducted in the field. Each chapter has been revised and updated, with new discussions of ′actor-network theory′, bodywork, pragmatism, the global resurgence of religious identities, ′new genetics′, biological citizenship, neuroscience, and figurations of the living and dead. Packed full of critical analysis and relevant empirical studies the book engages with the major classical and contemporary theories within body studies including the: naturalistic, interactionist, constructionist, feminist, structuralist, phenomenological, and realist. Original, logical and indispensable this is a must-have title for students and researchers engaged with the study of the body.

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338

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SAGE

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1446290514

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9781446290514

Human Growth and Development

By: Chris Beckett,Hilary Taylor

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Human Growth and Development

By: Chris Beckett,Hilary Taylor

What is it that determines what sort of person we become? Is a child’s future personality already determined at birth, or is a newborn baby like a blank sheet, waiting to be written on by life? Is our personality determined by anything, or do we choose for ourselves who we are, create ourselves out of nothing? This bestselling introduction to emotional, psychological, intellectual and social development throughout the lifespan will help you explore these questions and many more. Written for students training for careers in the helping professions, including nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, teachers and counsellors, the book covers topics which are central to understanding people whether they are clients, service users, patients or pupils. Following the shape of a human life, beginning with birth and ending with death, it combines theoretical concepts and reflective learning to help you develop an understanding of what makes human beings grow and change over their lives to inform your decisions and professional practice.

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401

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SAGE

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1473965691

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9781473965690

Sociology for Social Work

An Introduction

By: Chris Yuill,Alastair Gibson

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Sociology for Social Work

An Introduction

By: Chris Yuill,Alastair Gibson

This excellent textbook introduces the social work student to the field of sociology, illustrating how sociology is connected to and fundamental to effective social work practice. Each chapter applies theory to practice and is uniquely co-written by a sociologist, social worker and service user. A wide range of topics and subjects relevant to social work are covered, including: -Gender -Class -Ethnicity and race -Ageing -Health -Intimacies -Social exclusion -Crime and deviance -Communities -Disability The book comes with access to an exciting companion website offering the reader downloads, web links, powerpoint slides and case studies. Every chapter of the book further includes further case studies, along with lots of clear definitions of terms, and reflection points, making this book the essential introductory text for all social work students.

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281

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SAGE Publications

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1848606516

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9781848606517

Forums in Clinical Aphasiology

By: David J. Muller,Chris Code

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Forums in Clinical Aphasiology

By: David J. Muller,Chris Code

This work brings together a selection of Clinical Forum features from the journal "Aphasiology". The fora are designed to cover issues in clinical aphasiology which are central, topical and controversial. Each forum concerns a main article and a number of commentaries.

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384

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470698586

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9780470698587

Old Age in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Ageing under the Union

By: Chris Gilleard

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Old Age in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

Ageing under the Union

By: Chris Gilleard

Using a combination of statistical analysis of census material and social history, this book describes the ageing of Ireland’s population from the start of the Union up to the introduction of the old age pension in 1908. It examines the changing demography of the country following the Famine and the impact this had on household and family structure. It explores the growing problem of late life poverty and the residualisation of the aged sick and poor in the workhouse. Despite slow improvements in many areas of life for the young and the working classes, the book argues that for the aged the union was a period of growing immiseration, brought surprisingly to an end by the unheralded introduction of the old age pension.

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128

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Springer

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1137585412

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9781137585417

Social Divisions and Later Life

Difference, Diversity and Inequality

By: Gilleard, Chris,Higgs, Paul

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Social Divisions and Later Life

Difference, Diversity and Inequality

By: Gilleard, Chris,Higgs, Paul

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222

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Policy Press

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144733860X

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9781447338604

Rethinking Old Age

Theorising the Fourth Age

By: Paul Higgs,Chris Gilleard

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Rethinking Old Age

Theorising the Fourth Age

By: Paul Higgs,Chris Gilleard

With the aspiration for a long life now achievable for many individuals, the status of old age as a distinct social position has become problematic. In this radical re-examination of the nature of old age, Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard reveal the emergence of a 'fourth age' that embodies the most feared and marginalised aspects of old age, conceptually linked to and yet distinct from traditional models of old age. Inspired by the authors' ground-breaking work on the third and fourth age and supported by extensive sociological, medical and historical research, Rethinking Old Age offers a unique and timely analysis of the fourth age as a 'social imaginary' that is shaped and maintained by the social, cultural and political discourses and practices that divide later life. It stands as a significant resource for students, academics and practitioners of sociology, ageing studies, gerontology, social policy, health studies, social work and nursing.

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184

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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113738400X

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9781137384003

Rethinking Old Age

Theorising the Fourth Age

By: Paul Higgs,Chris Gilleard

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Theorising the Fourth Age

By: Paul Higgs,Chris Gilleard

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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Contexts of Ageing

Class, Cohort and Community

By: Chris Gilleard,Paul Higgs

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Contexts of Ageing

Class, Cohort and Community

By: Chris Gilleard,Paul Higgs

We live in ageing societies. Age preoccupies governments as much as individuals. A new affluence has spread across society and across the lifecourse. For many people looking forward to retirement, later life has changed for the better. But with this positive outcome for older people have come policy and social dilemmas for governments and individuals alike. Drawing on a wide range of sources, this book analyses the social nature of later life in the context of the history of welfare states, the emergence of consumer society and the growth of individualism. The book argues that the third age, its origins, identity and contradictions are central to understanding the future of our society. "Contexts of Ageing" is certain to stimulate academic debate. It is also appropriate for adoption on a range of courses. The book is written in a lively and accessible way, giving it appeal to upper-level undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in sociology, social policy and health studies. Students and professionals working in the areas of nursing, health care and social gerontology will also find this book of interest.

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