UID:
almafu_9960678558002883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 331 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-4473-1483-2
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1-4473-1480-8
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1-4473-1481-6
Series Statement:
Policy Press scholarship online
Content:
A comprehensive multi-disciplinary overview of the very latest research on ageing, concentrating on four major themes: autonomy and independence in later life, biology and ageing, food and nutrition, and representation of old age.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022).
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Front Matter --
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Contents --
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List of tables and figures --
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List of contributors --
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Preface --
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Introduction --
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Autonomy and independence in later life --
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Sleep and autonomy in later life: the SomnIA project --
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Negotiating unfamiliar environments --
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Financial elder abuse --
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Maintaining dignity and independence --
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Families and caring in South Asian communities --
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Biological perspectives --
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Understanding immunesenescence --
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Towards understanding the biological drivers of cell ageing --
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Nutrition in later life --
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NANA: a tale of ageing and technology --
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Combating malnutrition in hospitals --
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Migration and nutrition --
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Representations of old age --
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Representing self – representing ageing --
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Ageing, fiction, narrative exchange and everyday life --
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Narrative representations of the self: encounters with contemporary visual art --
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The place of theatre in representations of ageing --
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Conclusion --
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Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4473-1478-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4473-1479-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.56687/9781447314813
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781447314813/type/BOOK
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