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Women ageing : changing identities, challenging myths / edited by Miriam Bernard ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2000.Description: xvi,207p. ; 23cmISBN:
  • 9780415189439 :
  • 0415189446 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.244 BER
Contents:
1.Introduction 2.The Change: Challenges and Opportunities Gill Granville 3 Working Women: Paid and Unpaid Carers Judith Phillips and Sandra J McIsaac 4.Something for Me: Women Aged 50 Plus in Higher Education Patsy Marshall 5 Our Ageing Selves: Midlife Professionals Reflect on Growing Older Val Davies and Miriam Bernard 6.From Pin Money to Needlepoint Miriam Bernard and Julie Skucha 7 Widowhood in Later Life Pat Chambers 8.Love and Romance in Later Life Julia Ryan 9.Older Women, Long-term Marriage and Care Mo Ray 10.Loss and Change: Women\'s Experience of Grief Linda Machin 11.Conclusion
Summary: This volume is primarily concerned with the lives of adult women and discusses key themes of identity; myths and reality and managing change. The book looks at the influence of ethnicity and race, disability and sexual orientation.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 305.244 BER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 205700

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Introduction 2.The Change: Challenges and Opportunities Gill Granville 3 Working Women: Paid and Unpaid Carers Judith Phillips and Sandra J McIsaac 4.Something for Me: Women Aged 50 Plus in Higher Education Patsy Marshall 5 Our Ageing Selves: Midlife Professionals Reflect on Growing Older Val Davies and Miriam Bernard 6.From Pin Money to Needlepoint Miriam Bernard and Julie Skucha 7 Widowhood in Later Life Pat Chambers 8.Love and Romance in Later Life Julia Ryan 9.Older Women, Long-term Marriage and Care Mo Ray 10.Loss and Change: Women\'s Experience of Grief Linda Machin 11.Conclusion

This volume is primarily concerned with the lives of adult women and discusses key themes of identity; myths and reality and managing change. The book looks at the influence of ethnicity and race, disability and sexual orientation.

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