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001 2007048204
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008 071121s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007048204
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020 $a9781586485535 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a1586485539 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn182613551
035 $a(OCoLC)182613551$z(OCoLC)172980504
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050 00 $aQP85$b.B88 2008
060 00 $a2008 G-077
060 10 $aWT 116$bB986L 2008
082 00 $a612.6/8$222
100 1 $aButler, Robert N.,$d1927-
245 14 $aThe longevity revolution :$bthe benefits and challenges of living a long life /$cRobert N. Butler.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPublicAffairs,$cc2008.
300 $axv, 553 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [493]-530) and index.
505 0 $aWhat 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.
650 0 $aLongevity.
650 0 $aLongevity$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aGeriatrics$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMedical policy$zUnited States.
650 12 $aLongevity.
650 22 $aGeriatrics.
650 22 $aPublic Policy.
650 22 $aQuality of Life.
650 22 $aSocial Welfare.
650 22 $aSocioeconomic Factors.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0804/2007048204.html