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Qualitative Methods in Aging Research (SAGE Focus Editions) - Hardcover

Gubrium, Jaber F.

 
9780803949430: Qualitative Methods in Aging Research (SAGE Focus Editions)

Synopsis

This volume of original articles by leading researchers explores the methodological possibilities and difficulties involved in doing qualitative work with the aged. The contributors illustrate, with numerous examples, the strengths of qualitative strategies and techniques for uncovering meaning, dissecting processes, and examining cultural and other issues of difference between people and groups.

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About the Author

Jaber F. Gubrium is professor and chair of sociology at the University of Missouri. He has an extensive record of research on the social organization of care in human service institutions. His publications include numerous books and articles on aging, family, the life course, medicalization, and representational practice in therapeutic context.

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