Toward Post Ageing Technology in an Ageing Society
This book examines the emergent and expanding role of technologies that hold both promise and possible peril for transforming the ageing process in this century. It discusses the points and counterpoints of technological advances that would influence a re
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Katarina Friberg Felsted Scott D. Wright
Toward Post Ageing Technology in an Ageing Society
Healthy Ageing and Longevity Volume 1
Series editor Suresh I.S. Rattan, Aarhus, Denmark
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13277
Katarina Friberg Felsted Scott D. Wright •
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Katarina Friberg Felsted Scott D. Wright Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program College of Nursing University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT USA
ISBN 978-3-319-09050-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-09051-1
ISBN 978-3-319-09051-1
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Foreword
It is possible to make two predictions about the United States, indeed, all advanced industrialized countries, between now and, say, the year 2035. First, the pace of technological change will continue, as manifested in telecommunications, medical science, military technique, and so on; second, populations will grow older: that is, median age will rise as the number of older adults increases and the number of children declines. The first of these trends will come about because
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