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Book SynopsisShannon, Richard L. Sprott, Rosemarie Tong, Laurie Zoloth
Trade ReviewThis 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
Table of ContentsPreface
List of Contributors
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1. Reality check: What Is Genetic Research on Aging Likely to Produce, and What Are the Ethical and Clinical Implications of Those Advances?
Chapter 2. Meeting the Challenges of a Diverse Aging Society
Part II: Immortality
Chapter 3. Immortality Through cloning? Reproduction, Regeneration, and the Posthuman
Chapter 4. The Transhumanist Movement: A Flawed Response to Aging and Its Natural Consequence
Chapter 5. Stem cell Research and Intervention
Chapter 6. The Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Antiaging Technologies
Chapter 7. Stem Cells and Aging: Quality and Quantity of Life in an Unjust World
Part III: Centenarians
Chapter 8. Centenarians and Genetics
Chapter 9. What Can We learn From Centenarians?
Chapter 10. A Developmental Perspective on Aging and Genetic Technology: A Response to Studies of Centenarians
Part IV: Genetic Testing
Chapter 11. Genetic Testing for Alzheimer Disease: The REVEAL Study
Chapter 12. The Implications of Genetic testing for Alzheimer Disease
Chapter 13. Genetic Susceptibility to Alzheimer Disease
Chapter 14. Psychological Issues in Genetic Testing
Chapter 15. Genotype, Phenotype, and Primary care: Why the New Genetics Technology Is Not Ready for Primary Care
Part V: Ethical and Social Perspectives
Chapter 16. Genetics, Aging, and Primary care: Ethical Implications for Clinicians
Chapter 17. Aging, Genetics, and Social Justice
Chapter 18. The Ethics of Aging: Question of Ends at the End of Life
Chapter 19. A Lonely New World—or Me, Myself, and I
Index
