Biomedical Research and Changing Concepts of Disease and Aging: Implications for Long-Term Health Forecasts for Elderly Populations

Mantón, Kenneth G.

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“…Similar progress over the seven decades is indicated by the line on genito-urinary conditions, which shows that three-quarters of those who ever had such conditions were cured of them. Other areas where medical intervention has been highly e¡ective include control of hypertension and reduction in the incidence of stroke, surgical removal of osteoarthritis, replacement of knee and hip joints, curing of cataracts and chemotherapies that reduce the incidence of osteoporosis and heart disease (Manton 1993;Manton et al 1997). It is the success in medical interventions combined with rising incomes that has led to a huge increase in the demand for medical services.…”

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Economic and social structure for an ageing population

Fogel

1997

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B

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The driving force behind the improvement in the quality of life, the rising standard of living, improving health, and increasing longevity, is a process called 'technophysio evolution', which began about 300 years ago, accelerated during the twentieth century, and is still in progress. Increased spending on health care and on pensions is an appropriate concomitant of technophysio evolution, and should be welcomed. Only wasteful medical services should be restricted. The resources available now and in the future can provide increasingly long and healthy lives of relative luxury for all. However, methods of financing health care and retirement need to be modernized. In the future, luxury will be defined increasingly in terms of spiritual rather than material resources. The test of well-being in the future for both young and old will be measured increasingly in terms of the quality of health and the opportunity for self-realization.

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Section: (B) Dismantling Standard Working Hoursmentioning

confidence: 99%