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Title:
The fountain of youth : cultural, scientific, and ethical perspectives on a biomedical goal / edited by Stephen G. Post, Robert H. Binstock.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2004
Description:
xxiv, 463 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Longevity.
Longevity.
Aging.
Ethics, Medical.
Other Authors:
Post, Stephen Garrard, 1951-
Binstock, Robert H.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
9780195170085 (alk. paper)
0195170083 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)52587484
LCCN:
2003014910
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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