'Healthy Ageing' policies and anti-ageing ideologies and practices: On the exercise of responsibility

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 475-483

  Cardona, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti ageing medicine; Ethopolitics; Healthy ageing; Neoliberalism; Self care

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; REVIEW; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGING; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 57949102046     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-008-9129-z     Document Type: Review

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