Never say die [electronic resource] : the myth and marketing of the new old age / Susan Jacoby.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307379603 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0307379604 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 332 p.)
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Pantheon Books, c2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-314) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | Old age > United States. Aging > United States. Older people > United States. |
Genre: | Electronic books. |