The Fountain of Youth
Subtitle: Cultural, Scientific, and Ethical Perspectives on a Biomedical Goal
Contributors: Stephen G. Post (Editor); Robert H. Binstock (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: April 2, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 487
ISBN-13: 9780195170085
First sentence: Nearly 40 years ago, historian Gerald Gruman (1966) created the term prolongevity to encompass the multiple goals of anti-aging interventions over the years, defining it as significant extension of the human life span and/or average life expectancy without suffering and infirmity.