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Radical Endurance : Growing Old in an Age of Longevity / Andrea Gilats.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gilats, Andrea, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aging--Psychological aspects.
- Aging.
- Older people--Psychology.
- Older people.
- Older people--Attitudes.
- Older people--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2024]
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Also by Andrea Gilats: Published by the University of Minnesota Press
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction: The Pages of Our Lives
- Part I: Truths
- A Leap of Consciousness
- A Birthday
- A Right of Passage
- A Life Alone
- Part II: Transformations
- A Belated Tenderness
- A Right to Choose
- Living like Joan Baez
- An Inner Life
- Part III: Growing Old
- An Encore
- A Well Being
- Living like Herb Kohl
- A Life Review
- Warnings and Salutations
- Part IV: Ageism
- A Right to Die
- Facing Ageism
- A Trip to the Nursing Home
- An Ageist Disease
- Another Trip to the Nursing Home
- A Golden Oldie
- Part V: A Future
- Surviving a Death Sentence
- Wishing and Hoping
- Living like May Sarton
- A Path toward Atonement
- An Afterlife
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Author Biography
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 24, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 9781452971834
- 1452971838
- Publisher Number:
- 40032512738
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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