Critical perspectives on successful aging: Does it "appeal more than it illuminates"?

Gerontologist

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-33

  Katz, Stephen ^a   Calasanti, Toni ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age relations; Critical theory; Gerontological discourse; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; CULTURE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922426560     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnu027     Document Type: Review

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