Successful Aging as a Contemporary Obsession: Global Perspectives

In recent decades, the North American public has pursued an inspirational vision of successful aging--striving through medical technique and individual effort to eradicate the declines, vulnerabilities, and dependencies previously commonly associated with old age. On the face of it, this bold new vision of successful, healthy, and active aging is highly appealing. But it also rests on a deep cultural discomfort with aging and being old.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813585333
• ISBN13: 9780813585338
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher