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Ethical, social and economic consequences of medical advances that allow longer life
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ETHICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF MEDICAL ADVANCES THAT ALLOW LONGER LIFE It is arguably, the most important adaptive change the human species has ever witnessed: the creation of old age. In less than a century approximately 30years of life have been added to our life cycle. Old age has been increased due to advances in drug treatments, preventative medicine and surgical techniques. Yet, old age is a time in life that few people look forward to. Most of us are uneasy about it and have come to associate old age with dementra, poverty, physical frailty, depletion of medicare funds, loneliness and diseases. I for one do not agree with this increase in old age, as there is consequences associated with these medicare advances are extreme and we cannot handle. Longer life doesn't come easy, as it requires a lot social and economic support. According to statistics stroke has been found to be...
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