Aging

Authors

  • Eric Gagnon Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17184/eac.anthropen.062

Keywords:

Depreciation, struggle, community, boby, inegality, discrimination, age

Abstract

Anthropology shines a specific light on aging by touching on the articulation of biological and social processes, family solidarity and elder support, elder communities and groups, the medicalization of aging, and the professionalization of knowledge.

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Published

2017-11-21