The fountain of youth : cultural, scientific, and ethical perspectives on a biomedical goal / edited by Stephen G. Post, Robert H. Binstock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Post, Stephen G. (Stephen Garrard), 1951-

Binstock, Robert H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Longevity.

Medical Subjects:

Longevity.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 463 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2004]

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 and disease / 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-443) and indexes.

ISBN:

0195170083

OCLC:

52587484