Towards a Hermeneutics on Ageing: Or What Gadamer Can Teach Us About Growing Old.

Authors

  • Lorraine Venturato Faculty of Nursing University of Calgary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11575/jah.v0i1.53269

Keywords:

ageing, hermeneutics

Abstract

Ageing is one of life’s most pervasive shared experiences, and one that is imbued with social, cultural and bio-medical meaning. This paper begins a conversation on what hermeneutics, and in particular, the philosophical hermeneutics of Gadamer, can add to contemporary understandings of ageing.

Author Biography

Lorraine Venturato, Faculty of Nursing University of Calgary

Associate Professor

Faculty of Nursing Chair in Gerontology

Faculty of Nursing

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Venturato. L. (2015, in press). Nurturing creativity and understanding in the care of frail older people. The Arts Collective. Accepted for publication January 2015.

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Published

2015-12-24

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