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‘Anti‐Aging Medicine’ and the Cultural Context of Aging in Australia
Author(s) -
CARDONA BEATRIZ
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1396.000
Subject(s) - negotiation , healthy aging , context (archaeology) , perception , successful aging , aging in place , sociology , gerontology , psychology , medicine , social science , history , archaeology , neuroscience
: 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.