| Description |
xiii, 332 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Never say old -- Youth culture : an American tradition -- Boomer beginnings and 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 |
Aging -- United States.
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Older people -- United States.
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Old age -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0307377946 |
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9780307377944 |
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