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The fountain of youth : cultural, scientific, and ethical perspectives on a biomedical goal /
Preface. Introduction. I. THE PERENNIAL QUESTS FOR EXTENDED AND ETERNAL LIFE. One: The Search for Prolongevity: A Contentious Pursuit, Robert H. Binstock. Two: The Quest for Immortality: Visions and Presentiments in Science and Literature, Mark B. Adams. Three: Decelerated Aging: Should I Drink From...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 [and others]
- 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.