Challenging gerontology?s empirical molehills: A commentary on Powell?s Foucauldian toolkit

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 685-689

  McDaniel, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing population; Care; Power; Theory

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELDERLY CARE; GERONTOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; NOTE; PHILOSOPHY; SOCIOLOGY; THEORY;

EID: 74049108704     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464809333550     Document Type: Note

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