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Technogenarians
Studying Health and Illness Through an Ageing, Science, and Technology Lens
Various AuthorsSeries: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs(0)
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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
• Offers a critical study of the transformation of aging bodies, minds, and emotions into medical problems in need of medical solutions
• Combines two scholarly areas-Science and Technology Studies and the Sociology of Aging, Health, and Illness-to produce innovative scholarship.
• 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
• Offers a critical study of the transformation of aging bodies, minds, and emotions into medical problems in need of medical solutions
• Combines two scholarly areas-Science and Technology Studies and the Sociology of Aging, Health, and Illness-to produce innovative scholarship.