Medical sociology and old age [electronic resource] : towards a sociology of health in later life / Paul Higgs and Ian Rees Jones.
Series: Critical studies in health and societyPublication details: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2008.Description: x, 144 pISBN:- 9780203888728
- Also available in print edition.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-139) and index.
Medical sociology and old age -- Social gerontology and old age -- The body at later ages -- New developments in social gerontology -- The death of old age, critical approaches as undertakers -- The birth of a new sociology of health in later life -- Conclusion.
Also available in print edition.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.