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Elderhood : redefining aging, transforming medicine, reimagining life / Louise Aronson.
"[P]hysician and ... author Louise Aronson's Elderhood is a ... look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life. For more than 5,000 years, "old" has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That means most people alive today will spend more years in elderhood than in childhood, and many will be elders for 40 years or more. Yet at the very moment that humans are living longer than ever before, we've made old age into a disease, a condition to be dreaded, denigrated, neglected, and denied. ... Harvard-trained geriatrician Louise Aronson uses stories from her quarter century of caring for patients, and draws from history, science, literature, popular culture, and her own life to weave a vision of old age that's neither nightmare nor utopian fantasy -- a vision full of joy, wonder, frustration, outrage, and hope about aging, medicine, and humanity itself." --Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781620405468
- ISBN: 1620405466
- Physical Description: xiv, 449 pages : illustration, chart ; 23 cm
- Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-435) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Birth. Life -- Childhood. Infant ; Toddler ; Child ; Tween ; Teen -- Adulthood. Young adult ; Adult ; Middle-aged ; Senior -- Elderhood. Old ; Elderly ; Aged -- Death. Stories -- Coda. Opportunity. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Older people > Health and hygiene > United States. Aging > United States. Older people > Medical care > United States. |
Available copies
- 5 of 5 copies available at Sage Library System.
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- 0 current holds with 5 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker County Library | 362.60973 .A769e 2019 (Text) | 37814003476083 | NON-FICTION | Available | - | ||
| Hood River County Library | 362.6 ARO 2019 (Text) | 33892100621805 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - | ||
| Lake County Main Library - Lakeview | 362.6 ARONSON (Text) | 37620000945099 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - | ||
| Pendleton Public Library | 362.60973 Ar67 (Text) | 37801000645216 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - | ||
| The Dalles Wasco County Library | 362.609 ARO (Text) | 33892006513296 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Summary:
"[P]hysician and ... author Louise Aronson's Elderhood is a ... look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life. For more than 5,000 years, "old" has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That means most people alive today will spend more years in elderhood than in childhood, and many will be elders for 40 years or more. Yet at the very moment that humans are living longer than ever before, we've made old age into a disease, a condition to be dreaded, denigrated, neglected, and denied. ... Harvard-trained geriatrician Louise Aronson uses stories from her quarter century of caring for patients, and draws from history, science, literature, popular culture, and her own life to weave a vision of old age that's neither nightmare nor utopian fantasy -- a vision full of joy, wonder, frustration, outrage, and hope about aging, medicine, and humanity itself."
