Collective suttee: Is it unjust to develop life extension if it will not be possible to provide it to everyone?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1019, Issue , 2004, Pages 535-541

  Davis, John K ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Anti aging; Antiaging; Equality; Extended life; Immortality; Justice; Life extension; Prolongevism; Prolongevity

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JUSTICE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; POPULATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 3242658942     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1297.099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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