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Health and longevity of life will ultimately end as a political issue. What is needed is long-term government investments necessary for a viable health policy. The question arises: will world leaders be able to commit to such a policy? Two major socioeconomic phenomena may have a regulating effect on this issue. The first is the emergence of pressure groups that have come into being in response to a particular health issue, such as AIDS. The second is the emergence of ethics committees in developed nations that deal solely with health issues.
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Gerontology, 47:1 (2001)
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Book Title: Longevity and Quality of Life
Book Subtitle: Opportunities and Challenges
Editors: Robert N. Butler, Claude Jasmin
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4249-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-46315-0Published: 30 April 2000
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-6907-3Published: 23 October 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-4249-0Published: 06 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 321
Topics: Quality of Life Research, Aging, Public Health, Medical Law, Evolutionary Biology