This important book brings together some of the best known international scholars working within a critical gerontology perspective to review and update our understanding of how the field has developed over and provide a challenging assessment of the complex practical and ethical issues facing older people, and those who conduct research on ageing.
Author Biography
Miriam Bernard is Professor of Social Gerontology and Director of the Research Institute for Life Course Studies at Keele University.Thomas Scharf is Professor of Social Gerontology and Director of the Centre for Social Gerontology at Keele University.
Reviews
"This valuable and timely collection adds substantially to the critical gerontology literature by assessing progress, renewing the committed scholarship that provided the original impetus behind this approach and by ensuring that the voices of older people are at centre stage in its analyses." Alan Walker, University of Sheffield
