Ageing, the lifecourse and the sociology of embodiment

Modernity, Medicine and Health: Medical Sociology Towards 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 147-175

  Featherstone, Mike ^a   Hepworth, Mike ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203980651-13     Document Type: Chapter

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