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Old Age Images and the Challenge of Independence
Daniel Callahan argues in a 1977 Courses by Newspaper essay that aging carries conflicting images of decline and culmination. He warns modern medicine and a youth‑focused culture threaten elderly independence, and predicts rising elderly costs, possible resource rationing, and a need for a humane, interdependent view of aging.
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Daniel Callahan
Institute of Society, Ethics, and the Life Sciences
University Extension
University of California
San Diego
National Endowment For the Humanities
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