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Title Critical perspectives on aging : the political and moral economy of growing old / edited by Meredith Minkler and Carroll L. Estes, with the assistance of Ida VSW Red, editorial consultant.

Publication Info. Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub. Co., [1991]
©1991

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Location Call No. Status
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.26 C934C    Check Shelf
Description x, 362 pages ; 25 cm.
Series Policy, politics, health, and medicine series
Policy, politics, health, and medicine series.
Contents Pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. New images of the old and the debate over resource allocation -- pt. 3. Apocalyptic demography and the biomedicalization of aging -- pt. 4. Critical perspectives on market economy health care -- pt. 5. Race, class, gender and aging -- pt. 6. Retirement, social security, and economic dependency -- pt. 7. Conclusion.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Older people -- United States -- Social conditions.
Old age -- Social aspects -- United States.
Older people -- United States -- Economic conditions.
Old age -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Older people.
Public Policy -- United States.
Retirement.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Added Author Minkler, Meredith.
Estes, Carroll L.
ISBN 0895030764 cloth
0895030756 paper
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