| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 332 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-314) and index. |
| Contents |
Never say old -- Youth culture : an american tradition -- Boomers : age-defying denial -- Miracles of modern medicine and other half-truths -- A mind is a terrible thing to lose -- Women : eventually, the only sex -- "Greedy geezers" and other half-truths -- The "wisdom of old age" -- Endings -- The ethics of longevity : an argument in search of facts -- Necessary bedfellows : bridges between generations old-age autonomy. |
| Summary |
In a narrative that combines the intensely personal with social, economic, and historical analysis, Jacoby turns an unsparing eye on the marketers of longevity--pharmaceutical companies, lifestyle gurus, and scientific businessmen who suggest that there will soon be a "cure" for the "disease" of aging. |
| Subject |
Old age -- United States.
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Aging -- United States.
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Older people -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9780307377944 |
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0307377946 |
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