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Aging, Biotechnology, and the Future
. Ed(S): Read, Catherine Y.; Green, Robert C.; Smyer, Michael A.
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Shannon, Richard L. Sprott, Rosemarie Tong, Laurie Zoloth Editor(s): Read, Catherine Y.; Green, Robert C.; Smyer, Michael A. Num Pages: 296 pages, 4, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MFKH3; MJX; TCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 567.
This wide-ranging, multidisciplinary collection examines how advances in medicine and technology are affecting the aging process and the lives of elderly persons. In analyzing the state of biotechnology, these essays applaud the positive-extended longevity and the potential for greater quality of life-while probing such ethical quandaries as presymptomatic genetic testing, therapeutic cloning, antiaging technologies, and the transhumanist movement. The volume includes discussions about the respective roles of health care professionals, government, and individuals in shaping a workable regulatory framework and unifying multiple perspectives to make the biotechnology revolution beneficial to all. Featuring contributions from renowned scholars of religion, ethics, philosophy, psychology, law, medicine and nursing, and gerontology, Aging, Biotechnology, and the Future illuminates the promises and perils of growing old in the biomedical age. Contributors: George J. Annas, Jessica Brommelhoff, Lisa Sowle Cahill, Margaret Gatz, Pamela J. Grace, Robert C. Green, Fernando A. Guerra, Rose M. Harvey, Kathy J. Horvath, Ann C. Hurley, Robert Lanza, Karen Lebacqz, Erin Linnenbringer, Maxwell J. Mehlman, Toni P. Miles, Sarah Moses, Thomas T. Perls, Leonard W. Poon, Catherine Y. Read, J. Scott Roberts, Diane Scott-Jones, Thomas A. Shannon, Richard L. Sprott, Rosemarie Tong, Laurie Zoloth
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801887888
SKU
V9780801887888
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About . Ed(S): Read, Catherine Y.; Green, Robert C.; Smyer, Michael A.
Catherine Y. Read, Ph.D., R.N., is an associate professor of adult health and associate dean of the Undergraduate Program at the Boston College School of Nursing. Robert C. Green, M.D., M.P.H., is a professor of neurology, medicine, and epidemiology at the Boston University School of Medicine. Michael A. Smyer, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology and director of the Center on Aging and Work at Boston College. He is the coeditor of Challenges of an Aging Society, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for Aging, Biotechnology, and the Future
This is a brilliant and useful book that summarizes much information from different points of view into a unified whole... So vibrant in its clarity,, so audacious in its thinking, it adds much to the luster of this remarkable book, one that deserves a wide readership. Doody's Review Service 2008 A comprehensive yet concise, simple-to-read synopsis of the issue involving modern biotechnology/aging research... Highly recommended. Choice 2009 A thought-provoking starting point for anyone interested in the varied and reciprocal implications of population aging and developments in biotechnology.
Stephen J. Cutler, PhD Gerontologist 2009 An approachable... collection of essays
Gareth Southwell Metapsychology 2009
Stephen J. Cutler, PhD Gerontologist 2009 An approachable... collection of essays
Gareth Southwell Metapsychology 2009