Never say die
Subtitle: the myth and marketing of the new old age
By: Susan Jacoby
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780307377944
Subjects: Aging; Old age; Older people
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-314) and index.
Table of contents: title: Never say old; title: Youth culture : an american tradition; title: Boomers : age-defying denial; title: Miracles of modern medicine and other half-truths; title: A mind is a terrible thing to lose; title: Women : eventually, the only sex; title: "Greedy geezers" and other half-truths; title: The "wisdom of old age"; title: Endings; title: The ethics of longevity : an argument in search of facts; title: Necessary bedfellows : bridges between generations old-age autonomy.