Geronticide

Killing the Elderly

Mike Brogden

Paperback: £29.99 / $47.95

2001, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
ISBN: 978-1-85302-709-3, BIC 2: JM JFFE

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Introduction. 1. Living too long? 2. Death by Demography and Longevity. 3. Death by Social Obligation - The Political Economy of Geronticide. 4. Death by Attrition - Modernisation and the Workhouse. 5. Death by Degrees - Bureaucratisation in Care Institutions. 6. Death in Literary Discourse. 7. Dr. Shipman, Social Rights and Preventing Geronticide. References. Index.

Author information

• Mike Brogden

Subject areas

• Working with Older People
• Health, Social Work and Social Care

Keywords

• elder abuse,
• older people

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