With the help of medicine and technology we are living longer than ever before. As human life spans have increased, the moral and political issues surrounding l

Old-age survival has considerably improved in the second half of the twentieth century. Why has such a substantial extension of human lifespan occurred? How lon

Annotation Life expectancy increasing dramatically for both social and scientific reasons. This book explores the arguments for and against increasing the lengt

During the last 25 years, life expectancy at age 50 in the United States has been rising, but at a slower pace than in many other high-income countries, such as

States that the number of genuine long-livers is exploding and a substantial proportion of new-borns in developed countries may survive to celebrate their 100th