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9780312180652

Cheating Death

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312180652

  • ISBN10:

    0312180659

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-01-01
  • Publisher: St Martins Pr
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Summary

To live forever is one of man's oldest aspirations--and it might be become a reality. With advances in medicine and new gene research, human life span could extend into hundreds of years. But is this a good thing? "Cheating Death" examines every side of the dilemma of aging--from improvements in diet and medicine to the grander promises of science to the consequences of incredibly long life.

Table of Contents

Foreword 1(4)
CHAPTER ONE: The Coming Triumph over Aging
5(7)
CHAPTER TWO: The Culture of Mortality
12(11)
CHAPTER THREE: Social Insecurity
23(20)
CHAPTER FOUR: Farewell to Big Medicine
43(12)
CHAPTER FIVE: Other Lands, Same Problems
55(12)
CHAPTER SIX: Planning for Extra Decades
67(15)
CHAPTER SEVEN: Enduring Values for Extended Life
82(9)
AFTERWORD: Five Challenges for the Perimortal World 91(12)
APPENDIX A: Home and Hospice Care for the Perimortal Age 103(24)
APPENDIX B: Seventy-four Trends for a Postmortal America 127(58)
APPENDIX C: Fifty Trends for a Postmortal World 185(26)
APPENDIX D: Aging by the Numbers 211(6)
INDEX 217

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