Medical Sociology and Old Age: Towards a Sociology of Health in Later Life

by Paul Higgs and Ian Rees Jones

The nature of health in later life has conventionally been studied from two perspectives. Medical sociologists have focused on the failing body, chronic illness, infirmity and mortality, while social gerontologists on the other hand have focused on the epidemiology of old age and health and social policy. By examining these perspectives, Higgs and Jones show how both standpoints have a restricted sense of contemporary ageing which has prevented...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415398606
• ISBN13: 9780415398602
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.2"