The making of 'the elderly': Constructing the subject of care

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 188-197

  Weicht, Bernhard ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Care; Categorisation; Construction of the elderly; Discourse analysis; Discourses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875780011     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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