Denial /
When does the effort to stay healthy become unhealthy? Has the boomer generation taken the pursuit of fitness and longevity to a neurotic extreme? What message do such obsessions send to younger generations? This program explores the pitfalls-as well as the potential benefits-of living in denial abo...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Films Media Group,
[2011], ©2009.
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| Summary: | When does the effort to stay healthy become unhealthy? Has the boomer generation taken the pursuit of fitness and longevity to a neurotic extreme? What message do such obsessions send to younger generations? This program explores the pitfalls-as well as the potential benefits-of living in denial about aging and death. Discussions focus on trends that lead seniors to act and look younger than they are and exhibit, ironically, a form of ageism. Panelists include Robert Lipsyte, author of In the Country of Illness; Anne-Marie Johnson, actress; Abigail Trafford, Washington Post columnist and author of My Time; and Helen Kivnick, clinical psychologist at the University of Minnesota. |
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| Item Description: | Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on March 15, 2011. Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Title from distributor's description. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (30 min.)) : sound, color |
| Audience: | 11 & up. |