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The Living End - The New Sciences of Death, Ageing and Immortality (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,304
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The Living End - The New Sciences of Death, Ageing and Immortality (Hardcover): G. Brown

The Living End - The New Sciences of Death, Ageing and Immortality (Hardcover)

G. Brown

Series: Macmillan Science

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The decline of infections, starvation, heart attack, and stroke has allowed people to reach extreme old age--and ushered in disability, dementia, and degenerative disease, with profound consequences for the self and society. In chapters echoing Dante's nine circles of hell, Dr. Guy Brown explores these vital issues at various levels, from the cell, to the whole body, to society and how all this new medical technology affects the meaning of death. He tracks the seismic shifts in the causes and character of death that are rocking medicine and reveals how technological innovations, such as cloning and electronic interfaces, hint at new modes of "survival" after death.

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Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Macmillan Science
Release date: December 2007
First published: 2008
Authors: G. Brown
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 978-0-230-51757-8
Categories: Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Geriatric medicine
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Cellular biology > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General
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LSN: 0-230-51757-9
Barcode: 9780230517578

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