Technogenarians

Studying Health and Illness Through an Ageing, Science, and Technology Lens

• Author(s): Kelly Joyce, Meika Loe,
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Pages: 184
• ISBN_10: 1444351893
  ISBN_13: 9781444351897
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Computers / Computer Literacy , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

Description:... Technogenarians investigates the older person?s experiences of health, illness, science, and technology. It presents a greater theoretical and empirical understanding of the biomedical aspects of aging bodies, minds, and emotions, and the rise of gerontechnology industries and professions.

• A unique scholarly investigation into elders as technology users
• Emphasizes the need to put aging, science, and technology in the center of analyses of health and illness
• Explores the rise of gerontechnology industries and professions

• Offers a critical study of the transformation of aging bodies, minds, and emotions into medical problems in need of medical solutions

• Combines two scholarly areas - Science and Technology Studies and the Sociology of Aging, Health, and Illness - to produce innovative scholarship