Loneliness : a social problem / Keming Yang.
In recent years its medical implications have brought loneliness to the centre of attention of mass media, government agents, and the general public. However, as this volume demonstrates, loneliness is not merely a psychological, individual, or health issue. In multiple ways, it is a serious social...
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
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2019.
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| Series: | Routledge advances in sociology.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; 1 Loneliness: is it a problem?; 2 Loneliness as a social problem; 3 Loneliness: a problem only for older people?; 4 Aloneness, loneliness, and solitude; 5 Lonely among others; 6 Loneliness across social groups; 7 Loneliness and class; 8 National disposition towards loneliness; 9 Tackling loneliness: messages to the lonely and the non-lonely; 10 Conclusions and reflections; Bibliography; Index.