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Blog Post 3: Social Roles and the Medical Model of Agin
What stood out to me most in Cruikshank’s discussion was how easily normal aging can be treated like a medical problem. I knew that older adults may experience more health concerns, but I never really thought about how society sometimes treats aging itself as an...