This wide-ranging, multidisciplinary collection examines how advances in
medicine and technology are affecting the aging process and the lives of
elderly persons.
In analyzing the state of biotechnology, these essays applaud the
positive--extended longevity and the potential for greater quality of
life--while probing such ethical quandaries as presymptomatic genetic
testing, therapeutic cloning, antiaging technologies, and the
transhumanist movement. The volume includes discussions about the
respective roles of health care professionals, government, and
individuals in shaping a workable regulatory framework and unifying
multiple perspectives to make the biotechnology revolution beneficial to
all.
Featuring contributions from renowned scholars of religion, ethics,
philosophy, psychology, law, medicine and nursing, and gerontology,
Aging, Biotechnology, and the Future illuminates the promises and
perils of growing old in the biomedical age.
Contributors: George J. Annas, Jessica Brommelhoff, Lisa Sowle Cahill,
Margaret Gatz, Pamela J. Grace, Robert C. Green, Fernando A. Guerra,
Rose M. Harvey, Kathy J. Horvath, Ann C. Hurley, Robert Lanza, Karen
Lebacqz, Erin Linnenbringer, Maxwell J. Mehlman, Toni P. Miles, Sarah
Moses, Thomas T. Perls, Leonard W. Poon, Catherine Y. Read, J. Scott
Roberts, Diane Scott-Jones, Thomas A. Shannon, Richard L. Sprott,
Rosemarie Tong, Laurie Zoloth
