Rachel Weldrick, PhD
@rachelweldrick.bsky.social
prof in social gerontology ⏳McMaster U 🍁
Musings on age-supportive communities, healthy neighbourhoods, and housing 🏘️🌳
Musings on age-supportive communities, healthy neighbourhoods, and housing 🏘️🌳
On that note - I've been reading The Medicalization of Society by Peter Conrad. I'm new-ish to the topic (from a critical scholarly point of view) and finding it very helpful. #booksky
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The Medicalization of Society
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February 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
On that note - I've been reading The Medicalization of Society by Peter Conrad. I'm new-ish to the topic (from a critical scholarly point of view) and finding it very helpful. #booksky
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Exactly. I found some of the stats in this article particularly jarring. What do you mean some articles have hundreds/thousands of authors? What do you mean some people "publish" every 37 hours?? #academicsky
February 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Exactly. I found some of the stats in this article particularly jarring. What do you mean some articles have hundreds/thousands of authors? What do you mean some people "publish" every 37 hours?? #academicsky
Let me know if you ever come across a research paper that's behind a paywall, let me know and I can access via Mac for you
February 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Let me know if you ever come across a research paper that's behind a paywall, let me know and I can access via Mac for you
Sad to have missed this. What a great turnout!
February 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Sad to have missed this. What a great turnout!