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008			110519s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aHQ1064.U5 _bJ324 2011
082	0	0	_a305.26 JAC
100	1		_aJacoby, Susan, 1945-
245	1	0	_aNever say die _b: the myth and marketing of the new old age _c/ Susan Jacoby
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew York _b: Pantheon Books _c, c2011.
300			_axiii, 332 p. _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 311-314) and index.
505	0		_aNever say old -- Youth culture : an american tradition -- Boomers : age-defying denial -- Miracles of modern medicine and other half-truths -- A mind is a terrible thing to lose -- Women : eventually, the only sex -- "Greedy geezers" and other half-truths -- The "wisdom of old age" -- Endings -- The ethics of longevity : an argument in search of facts -- Necessary bedfellows : bridges between generations old-age autonomy.
520			_aIn a narrative that combines the intensely personal with social, economic, and historical analysis, Jacoby turns an unsparing eye on the marketers of longevity--pharmaceutical companies, life style gurus, and scientific businessmen who suggest that there will soon be a "cure" for the "disease" of aging.
650		0	_aOld age _x--United States
650		0	_aAging
650		0	_aOlder people
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