Technogenarians

Studying Health and Illness Through an Ageing, Science, and Technology Lens

Nonfiction, Computers, General Computing, Skills
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Author: ISBN: 9781444351897
Publisher: Wiley Publication: August 2, 2011
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781444351897
Publisher: Wiley
Publication: August 2, 2011
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English

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
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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.

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