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a Australasian Centre on Ageing, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia b School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Key Words: longevity • public opinion • health policy • qualitative research
Author for correspondence: Professor Helen Bartlett, Director, Australasian Centre on Ageing, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia. Voice: +61 7 3346 9080; fax: +61 7 3365 7503. h.bartlett{at}uq.edu.au
Technologies purported to extend human life are already being marketed widely, and are being used by community members, despite a lack of evidence on their efficacy or safety: in fact, the use of some putative anti-aging technologies (e.g., human growth hormone) is illegal. Existing regulation is proving to be ineffective, especially in the face of Internet sales. Further advances in the field of life extension are a distinct possibility, exacerbating the need for a policy response. This paper presents the preliminary results of a study of community attitudes to life extension, with a focus on attitudes to the control and availability of strong life-extending technologies.
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