Social Theory, Aging, and Health and Welfare Professionals: A Foucauldian "Toolkit"
| dc.contributor.author | Powell, Jason | * |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-01T11:42:19Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2016-06-01T11:42:19Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-12-10 | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Powell, J. (2009). Social theory, aging, and health and welfare professionals: A Foucauldian "Toolkit". Journal of Applied Gerontology, 28(6), 669-682 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0733-4648 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0733464809335596 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10034/611374 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | It identifies the interrelationship between managerialism and older people in terms of a conceptual toolkit of (a) “medical power,” and (b) “assessment,” “surveillance,” and “resistance”; the key point is that they are relevant in theorizing power relations between health and welfare professionals and user groups such as older people. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Sage | en |
| dc.relation.url | http://jag.sagepub.com/content/28/6/669 | en |
| dc.subject | Public health | en |
| dc.subject | aging | en |
| dc.title | Social Theory, Aging, and Health and Welfare Professionals: A Foucauldian "Toolkit" | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1552-4523 | en |
| dc.contributor.department | University of Chester | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | The Journal of Applied Gerontology | en |
| dc.date.accepted | 2009-08-01 | en |
| or.grant.openaccess | Yes | en |
| rioxxterms.funder | unfunded | en |
| rioxxterms.identifier.project | unfunded | en |
| rioxxterms.version | NA | en |
| html.description.abstract | It identifies the interrelationship between managerialism and older people in terms of a conceptual toolkit of (a) “medical power,” and (b) “assessment,” “surveillance,” and “resistance”; the key point is that they are relevant in theorizing power relations between health and welfare professionals and user groups such as older people. |