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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert N Butler |
| ISBN: | 9781586485535 1586485539 |
| OCLC Number: | 182613551 |
| Description: | xv, 553 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface -- pt. 1. Introduction -- 1. What is the longevity revolution? -- pt. 2. Challenges -- 2. The new longevity is the biggest challenge -- 3. "The greedy geezer" : the manufactured clash of the generations -- 4. Ageism : another form of bigotry -- 5. The changing family and longevity -- 6. The disorders of longevity -- pt. 3. Science -- 7. Human interest in longevity : the power of research -- 8. Alzheimer's : the epidemic of the twenty-first century -- 9. The "biology of extended time" : evolution and longevity -- 10. Cycles, clocks, and power plants : longevity science and aging research -- pt. 4. Solutions -- 11. Toward a prescription for longevity and quality of life : health promotion and disease prevention -- 12. Redesigning health care for an older America -- 13. Live longer, work longer: productive engagement -- 14. Social Security : self-responsibility, and the state -- 15. The private sector : providence and risk-- the role of the marketplace -- 16. The politics of aging and longevity -- 17. Population solutions to longevity : transition to stable populations -- pt. 5. Cautions -- 18. Worldwide democratization of longevity : overcoming famine, war, and pestilence -- 19. Threats to longevity : could we lose the longevity revolution? -- pt. 6. Imagining longevity -- 20. The good life : quality of life in the era of longevity -- 21. Imagining longevity : challenges of the future -- Appendix : Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the author. |
| Responsibility: | Robert N. Butler. |
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Abstract:
A pioneering, Pulitzer Prize winning doctor reflects on the recent unprecedented leap in human life expectancy-and what we must do to take advantage of it
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"New England Journal of Medicine"
"This book has the potential to change the future of this country for the better..."
"Journal of American Medicine Association", January 7, 2009
"Robert Butler must be counted as one of the princes of geriatric medicine in the United States. He has led a long and industrious career as physician, educator, medical civil servant, and, above all, champion of the elderly... Butler's book offers a clear critique of the present gerontological situation as well as some perceptive solutions."
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- Longevity.
- Longevity -- Social aspects -- United States.
- Geriatrics -- United States.
- Medical policy -- United States.
- Geriatrics.
- Public Policy.
- Quality of Life.
- Social Welfare.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Langlebigkeit.
- Geriatrie.
- Lebensqualität.
- Gesundheitspolitik.
- Sozioökonomischer Wandel.
- USA.
- Überalterung.
- Politik.
- Altersstruktur.
- Sozialer Wandel.
- Veroudering (demografie)
- Veroudering (biologie, psychologie)
- Levensverlenging.
- Ziekte van Alzheimer.
- Sociale aspecten.
- Kwaliteit van het bestaan.
- Sociale zekerheid.
- Sociaal-economisch beleid.
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