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‘Can We Live Forever?’ addresses the modern debate about the Life Extension Project, the by-product of revolutionary developments (actual and predicted) in bio-medicine, transplantation, cosmetic surgery, genetic counselling, stem cell research, cryonics, cloning and so forth, which cumulatively promise to deliver eternal life—or at least 'prolongevity'.

Hardcover:

9781843317807 | Anthem Pr, July 1, 2009, cover price $115.00 | About this edition: ‘Can We Live Forever?

Paperback:

9781843317944 | 1 edition (Anthem Pr, July 28, 2009), cover price $32.95

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Product Description: In this startling new work, Hervé Juvin argues that developments in medicine and science are redefining what it means to be human. Living longer than ever before, and yet increasingly obsessed with longevity and youth, the people of the Western world face an existence disconnected from need, suffering and time—and they are losing their moral compass in the process...read more

Hardcover:

9781844673100, titled "The Coming of the Body" | Verso Books, June 28, 2010, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: In this startling new work, Hervé Juvin argues that developments in medicine and science are redefining what it means to be human.

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Product Description: Many current public health actions and policies aimed at older people revolve around the often prevailing view that failing health is a consequence of ageing. It is now clear that it is possible to postpone or even prevent much of the age-related decline in health that was once thought inevitable...read more
By Alan D. Dangour (editor), Astrid E. Fletcher (editor) and Emily M. D. Grundy (editor)

Paperback:

9780849374746 | 1 edition (CRC Pr I Llc, March 15, 2007), cover price $132.95 | About this edition: Many current public health actions and policies aimed at older people revolve around the often prevailing view that failing health is a consequence of ageing.

Miscellaneous:

9781420007565 | CRC Pr I Llc, March 12, 2007, cover price $104.95

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