{"product_id":"dying-in-old-age-u-s-practice-and-policy-9781138496934","title":"Dying in Old Age: U.S. Practice and Policy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sara Moorman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Gerontology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree-quarters of deaths in the U.S. today occur to people over the age of 65, following chronic illness. This new experience of \"predictable death\" has important consequences for the ways in which societies structure their health care systems, laws, and labor markets. \u003ci\u003eDying in Old Age: U.S. Practice and Policy\u003c\/i\u003e applies a sociological lens to the end of life, exploring how macrosocial systems and social inequalities interact to affect individual experiences of death in the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing data from the \u003ci\u003eNational Health and Aging Trends Study\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePew Research Center Survey of Aging and Longevity, \u003c\/i\u003ethis book argues that predictable death influences the entire life course and works to generate greater social disparities. The volume is divided into sections exploring demography, the circumstances of dying people, and public policy affecting dying people and their families. In exploring these interconnected factors, the author also proposes means of making \"bad death\" an avoidable event.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs one of the first books to explore the social consequences of end of life practice, \u003ci\u003eDying in Old Age\u003c\/i\u003e will be of great interest to graduate and advanced undergraduate students in sociology, social work, and public health, as well as scholars and policymakers in these areas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45240540102807,"sku":"9781138496934","price":3562.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138496934.webp?v=1769225910","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dying-in-old-age-u-s-practice-and-policy-9781138496934","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}