According to Marvin Cetron and Owen Davies, the authors of Cheating Death,
we are only a few years away from the development of techniques that will open
up the prospect of living almost for ever. That will raise economic, social,
moral and a host of other issues. We ought to be preparing for the struggle,
they warn. Published by St Martin’s Press, $21.95, ISBN 0312180659.
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