E-book
The fountain of youth cultural, scientific, and ethical perspectives on a biomedical goal
Record details
- ISBN: 9781429438124 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1429438126 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780195170085 (Cloth)
- ISBN: 0195170083 (Cloth)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (xxiv, 463 p.) : ill. - Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatBulkString:jan.10.13 CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The search for prolongevity : a contentious pursuit / Robert H. Binstock -- The quest for immortality : visions and presentiments in science and literature / Mark B. Adams -- Decelerated aging : should I drink from a fountain of youth? / Stephen G. Post -- A Jewish theology of death and the afterlife / Neil Gillman -- In defense of immortality / Carol G. Zaleski -- In search of the holy grail of senescence / S. Jay Olshansky and Bruce A. Carnes -- The metabiology of life extension / Michael R. Rose -- Extending human longevity : a biological probability / Robert Arking -- Eat less, eat better, and live longer : does it work and is it worth it? : the role of diet in aging / Gemma Casadesus ... [et al.] -- Extending life : scientific prospects and political obstacles / Richard A. Miller -- An engineer's approach to developing real anti-aging medicine -- Aubrey D.N.J. de Grey -- An unnatural process : why it is not inherently wrong to seek a cure for aging / Arthur L. Caplan -- Longevity, identity, and moral character : a feminist approach / Christine Overall -- L'chaim and its limits : why not immortality? / Leon R. Kass -- Anti-aging research and the limits of medicine / Eric T. Juengst -- The social and justice implications of extending the human life span / Audrey R. Chapman -- The prolonged old, the long-lived society, and the politics of age / Robert H. Binstock. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Subject: | Longevity Longevity Longevity Longévité MEDICAL -- Reproductive Medicine & Technology |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
