Gerontologia e pesquisa geriátrica

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Lessons from the Vertical Limit: Valuing Older Adults

Helen Harris*,Andrey V Panchenko,Vladimir N Anisimov*

What is the value of a life? Many older adults see it as diminishing in a world where new is better and old is disposable. The cultural rhetoric can be discouraging as the news of threatening Social Security and Medicare long term solvency crisis suggests that older adults, specifically Baby Boomers, are an economic liability.