'Anti-aging medicine' and the cultural context of aging in Australia: preliminary findings from ongoing research on users and providers of 'anti-aging medicine' in Australia.
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 re-negotiation 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.
Cardona
Beatriz
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Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney, Locked bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797 Australia. b.cardona@uws.edu.au
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D001315:Australia; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D003469:Culture; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged