Aging
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https://doi.org/10.17184/eac.anthropen.062Keywords:
Depreciation, struggle, community, boby, inegality, discrimination, ageAbstract
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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