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The fountain of youth : cultural, scientific, and ethical perspectives on a biomedical goal
- Title
- The fountain of youth : cultural, scientific, and ethical perspectives on a biomedical goal / edited by Stephen G. Post, Robert H. Binstock.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | RA776.75 .F675 2004 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxiv, 463 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-443) and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction / Stephen G. Post and Robert H. Binstock -- 1. The search for prolongevity : a contentious pursuit / Robert H. Binstock -- 2. The quest for immortality : visions and presentiments in science and literature / Mark B. Adams -- 3. Decelerated aging : should I drink from a fountain of youth? / Stephen G. Post -- 4. A Jewish theology of death and the afterlife / Neil Gillman -- 5. In defense of immortality / Carol G. Zaleski -- 6. In search of the holy grail of senescence / S. Jay Olshansky and Bruce A. Carnes -- 7. The metabiology of life extension / Michael R. Rose -- 8. Extending human longevity : a biological probability / Robert Arking -- 9. Eat less, eat better, and live longer : does it work and is it worth it? : the role of diet in aging and disease / Gemma Casadesus, George Perry, James A. Joseph and Mark A. Smith -- 10. Extending life : scientific prospects and political obstacles / Richard A. Miller -- 11. An engineer's approach to developing real anti-aging medicine / Aubrey D. N. J. de Grey -- 12. An unnatural process : why it is not inherently wrong to seek a cure for aging / Arthur L. Caplan -- 13. Longevity, identity, and moral character : a feminist approach / Christine Overall -- 14. L'chaim and its limits : why not immortality? / Leon R. Kass -- 15. Anti-aging research and the limits of medicine / Eric T. Juengst -- 16. The social and justice implications of extending the human life span / Audrey R. Chapman -- 17. The prolonged old, the long-lived society, and the politics of age / Robert H. Binstock -- Epilogue : extended life, eternal life : a christian perspective / Diogenes Allen -- Annotated bibliography / Roselle S. Ponsaran -- Primary literary sources on prolongevity / Carol C. Donley.
- ISBN
- 0195170083 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2003014910
- OCLC
- ocm52587484
- SCSB-4879692
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries