Leitão AN, Pedro RMLR. [Anti-aging medicine: notes on a socio-technical controversy].
HISTORIA, CIENCIAS, SAUDE--MANGUINHOS 2014;
21:1361-1378. [PMID:
25606732 DOI:
10.1590/s0104-59702014005000021]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2012] [Accepted: 06/01/2013] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
After some decades of struggle, geriatrics and gerontology have become the legitimate sciences of aging. Today, their status is being questioned. In its short history, anti-aging medicine has taken root as a medical practice that questions how to address biological aging. In so doing, all medicine is questioned. Here, we explore in particular how this controversy is structured around the founding principles of the sciences of aging. Is there any basis for these questionings? How have they been treated by those who have received them? Taking a socio-technical viewpoint, it is worth considering that for geriatricians and gerontologists, the need to criticize anti-aging medicine also raises some important reflections about how the sciences of aging address their subject.
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