WINTER 2001-2
Anti-Aging: Are You For It Or Against It?

Guest Editors Thomas R. Cole & Barbara Thompson Introduction: "Aging" is going out of style. By Thomas R. Cole and Barbara Thompson Anti-Aging: Why Now? A Historical Framework for Understanding the Contemporary Enthusiasm The idea is old and new. By Carole Haber Troubling Implications of Doubling the Human Lifespan Consequences in every aspect of life. By Chris Hackler Anti-Aging Medicine: Hype, Hope, and Reality The science at the root of the questions. By Leonard Hayflick Growing Older Without Aging? Positive Aging, Anti-Ageism, and Anti-Aging Powerful rhetorical and marketing practices support ideals of timeless living. By Stephen Katz Who's Afraid of Life Extension? A gerontologist's inner dialogue as advocate and opponent. By H. R. Moody A Feminist Perspective on Anti-Aging Medicine Ethical and practical implications. By Martha B. Holstein

A Narrative Approach to Anti-Aging Forms of reminiscence. By Ruth E. Ray and Sally Chandler What Is Healthy Aging? Family Physicians Look at Conventional and Alternative Approaches Sorting through the studies, treatments, supplements, and lifestyle recommendations. By Barbara Thompson, Victor S. Sierpina, and Michelle Sierpina Reversing the Normal Condition of Aging: A Plastic Surgeon Describes the Techniques Risks and benefits. By Linda G. Phillips Anti-Aging Medicine: Resounding, Independent Support for Expansion of an Innovative Medical Specialty A solution to the growing aging population worldwide. By Ronald Klatz Is There an 'Anti-Aging' Medicine? Nonscientists seeking to attract consumers to untested remedies. By Robert Butler The Fall of Daedalus A man's place in the cycle of genererations. By Thomas R. Cole Resources: Information about Anti-Aging By Felicitas Marquart Index to Contents of Volume XXV Index to Authors of Volume XXV

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