Euthanasia as a Caregiving Fantasy in the Era of the New Longevity

Authors

  • Margaret Morganroth Gullette Brandeis University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/ageculturehumanities.v1i.129971

Abstract

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Author Biography

Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Brandeis University

Margaret Morganroth Gullette is the author of the prize-winning Age-wise: Fighting the New Ageism in America, (2011; paperback, 2013; German translation, 2015) and of Aged by Culture (2004). She is a Resident Scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University. A shorter version of this essay appeared in The Guardian, 28 February 2013; a longer version will appear in her next book, How Not to Shoot Old People.

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Published

2014-01-01

How to Cite

Morganroth Gullette, M. . “Euthanasia As a Caregiving Fantasy in the Era of the New Longevity”. Age, Culture, Humanities: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 1, Jan. 2014, pp. 211-9, doi:10.7146/ageculturehumanities.v1i.129971.