Is the functional 'normal'? Aging, sexuality and the bio-marking of successful living

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-75

  Katz, Stephen ^a   Marshall, Barbara L ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; Dysfunctional; Functional; Gerontology; Life sciences; Sexology

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042658096     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695104043584     Document Type: Review

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