A sociological approach to ageing, technology and health

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-180

  Joyce, Kelly ^a   Loe, Meika ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing in place; Ageism; Anti ageing medicine; Gerontechnology; Science and technology studies

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; SCIENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; GERIATRICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; SCIENCE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 77950171428     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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