Active Aging: Hiking, Health, and Healing

This article examines the illness and recovery experiences and perceptions of physically active middle aged and older adults participating in hiking groups. These perceptions are examined within the local milieu of their group and the larger social context of biomedical norms of healthy older bodies...

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Main Authors: Rodney Steadman, Candace I. J. Nykiforuk, Helen Vallianatos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2013-09-01
Series:Anthropology & Aging
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Online Access:http://anthro-age.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/anthro-age/article/view/10