TY - GEN
T1 - 'Anti-aging medicine' and the cultural context of aging in Australia
T2 - preliminary findings from ongoing research on users and providers of 'anti-aging medicine' in Australia
AU - Cardona, Beatriz
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - This paper explores the management of the aging body within the anti-aging discourse and its implications on notions of "successful" and "healthy" aging policies. By looking at some of the preliminary findings of our current study of 'anti-aging medicine' in Australia, including interviews conducted with stakeholders in the anti-aging debate, this study explores some recurrent values and perceptions regarding 'anti-aging medicine,' the renegotiation of boundaries between illness and health, and the social, cultural, and economic forces shaping understandings and practices around aging and decisions to use anti-aging technologies.
AB - This paper explores the management of the aging body within the anti-aging discourse and its implications on notions of "successful" and "healthy" aging policies. By looking at some of the preliminary findings of our current study of 'anti-aging medicine' in Australia, including interviews conducted with stakeholders in the anti-aging debate, this study explores some recurrent values and perceptions regarding 'anti-aging medicine,' the renegotiation of boundaries between illness and health, and the social, cultural, and economic forces shaping understandings and practices around aging and decisions to use anti-aging technologies.
KW - 'Anti-aging medicine'
KW - Healthy aging
KW - Positive aging
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=35948964479&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1196/annals.1396.000
DO - 10.1196/annals.1396.000
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
C2 - 17717086
AN - SCOPUS:35948964479
SN - 1573316806
SN - 9781573316804
VL - 1114
T3 - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
SP - 216
EP - 229
BT - Healthy Aging and Longevity: Third International Conference
PB - Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley
CY - Boston, Mass.
ER -