Title: Social consequences of manufactured longevity
Abstract:The signs are that advances in biomedical sciences will add more years of “manufactured time” to life expectancy in industrialised countries, resulting in unprecedented rates of survival into older ag...The signs are that advances in biomedical sciences will add more years of “manufactured time” to life expectancy in industrialised countries, resulting in unprecedented rates of survival into older ages. Increasing longevity will force economic and social changes and the 20th-century revolution in social roles looks set to continue into the 21st century.Read More
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
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