TY  - BOOK
AU  - Butler,Robert N.
TI  - The longevity revolution: the benefits and challenges of living a long life 
SN  - 9781586485535 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - QP85 .B88 2008
U1  - 612.6/8 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - PublicAffairs
KW  - Longevity
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Geriatrics
KW  - Medical policy
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Quality of Life
KW  - Social Welfare
KW  - Socioeconomic Factors
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [493]-530) and index; 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0804/2007048204.html
ER  -