The longevity revolution the benefits and challenges of living a long life

Butler, Robert N. 1927-2010 (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781586485535 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
ISBN: 1586485539 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781586486921
Physical Description: book
xv, 553 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [493]-530) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

What is the longevity revolution? -- The new longevity is the biggest challenge -- "The greedy geezer": the manufactured clash of the generations -- Ageism: another form of bigotry -- The changing family and longevity -- The disorders of longevity -- Human interest in longevity: the power of research -- Alzheimer's: the epidemic of the twenty-first century -- The "biology of extended time": evolution and longevity -- Cycles, clocks, and power plants: longevity science and aging research -- Toward a prescription for longevity and quality of life: health promotion and disease prevention -- Redesigning health care for an older America -- Live longer, work longer: productive engagement -- Social Security: self-responsibility, and the state -- The private sector: providence and risk--the role of the marketplace -- The politics of aging and longevity -- Population solutions to longevity: transition to stable populations -- Worldwide democratization of longevity: overcoming famine, war, and pestilence -- Threats to longevity: could we lose the longevity revolution? -- The good life: quality of life in the era of longevity -- Imagining longevity: challenges of the future.