Gender, Health and Ageing European Perspectives on Life Course, Health Issues and Social Challenges /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Backes, Gertrud M. (Editor), Lasch, Vera (Editor), Reimann, Katja (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2006.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Sociology.; Social groups.; Family.; Youth.; Social Sciences.; Sociology of Familiy, Youth and Aging.; Sociology, general.

The different research fields – gerontology, gender and health – have generated different views, knowledge and foci on ageing, health and gender. It is now necessary to integrate these aspects into research, policy and practice. The objective of this book is to provide an overview of gender, health...