The normal and the pathological in the outlook of aging: an integrative review

The present study aims to discuss the normal and the pathological into the literature about aging, from the perspective of Canguilhem. To that end, an integrative review was performed by means of text searching in the Virtual Library of Health, from 2002 to 2012, whose works about the normal and the pathological, in the outlook of aging, were envisaged. The final sample has resulted in six texts related to Canguilhem's notions, that have emerged in the following categories: the normative perspective on the aging process; the normal and the pathological, and the anatomopathological medicine. It was evident, therefore, the growth of plastic surgery in relation to the changes of body image that society embodies as true, and that slows aging, conforming to Canguilhem's speech, wich reflects about the bodily changes, as well as the aging related therapies, in order to delay this process.