Screen LibraryThe fountain of youth：cultural, scientific, and ethical perspectives on a biomedical goal
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2004. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxiv, 463 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0195170083 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | R |
| CLC: |
R-052 R339.34 R161.7 |
| Call Number: | R161.7/F771 |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 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. |