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This book systematically investigates successful ageing, defined as the ability to actively participate in societal activity. Proceeding from historical insights and a wide frame of reference, it explores the development of contemporary conceptions of ageing; the sociological, psychological, and physiological process of ageing; age-related discrimination; financial aspects of ageing; the apparent contradiction that there are both affluence and increasing poverty in the ageing population; inappropriate sexual expression in the aged; the notion of the Third Age; and the quest to extend human lifespan. A thorough literature review, the author's personal experience as an older person and as a medical doctor spanning five decades, and the author's knowledge of ethics have contributed to this informative text aimed at a wide audience: healthcare professionals, caregivers, therapists, ethicists, and every person attending to older persons, professionally and privately.

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Malcolm de Roubaix is a retired anaesthesiologist and bio-ethicist. He holds doctorates in both medicine and applied ethics, and is the author of 33 peer-reviewed publications, three books and numerous articles in the day press. He has been a member (and chair) of a research ethics committee and participated in international AIDS research projects. He is a research fellow at the Centre for Applied Ethics, Department of Philosophy, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. His interests include informed consent, the protection of patients and the ethics of day care surgery.

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