Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4864
Title: The challenges of ageism
Contributor(s): Minichiello, Victor  (author); Somerville, Margaret Jean  (author); McConaghy, Cathryn Elizabeth  (author); McParlane, Jennifer Ann  (author); Scott, Alan James Stewart (author)
Publication Date: 2005
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4864
Abstract: No one can doubt that sexism and racism revolutionised the way people and institutions in our society had to rethink relations between dominant groups and women, black and Indigenous people. Women are now found, for example, in large numbers in medical schools and general practitioner (GP) practices, businesses and government. They hold key positions of power such as vice chancellors of universities, chief executive officers of large multi-national corporations, ministerial cabinet positions and so on. Legislation makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of gender, race/ethnicity and sexual orientation (see Chapter 4). Forms of oppressions, such as domestic violence and segregation, have been given public exposure and both legal and political measures have been put in place to reduce the effects of such oppressions on the lives of social minority groups.
Publication Type: Book Chapter
Source of Publication: Contemporary Issues In Gerontology: Promoting positive ageing, p. 1-33
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Place of Publication: Sydney, Australia
ISBN: 1865088765
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 111702 Aged Health Care
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 929999 Health not elsewhere classified
HERDC Category Description: B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book
Publisher/associated links: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=WTI0fRL4Lx0C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA1
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/7781583
http://www.allenandunwin.com/default.aspx?page=305&book=9781865088761
Editor: Editor(s): Victor Minichiello and Irene Coulson
Appears in Collections:Book Chapter

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