senescence

Scope Note

Cultural criteria of senescence and the onset of old age; menopause (e.g., cultural interpretation, adaptive changes in behavior); attitude toward growing old (e.g., resignation, simulation of youth); prescriptions for longevity and rejuvenation; preparations for old age (e.g., insurance); retirement from active life (e.g., gradual, at a prescribed retirement age); etc.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 880 adolescence, adulthood, and old age

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• 145 ontogenetic data
• 456 insurance
• 732 disabilities
• 761 life and death
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