| Why Survive?: Being Old in America Contributor(s): Butler, Robert N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801874254 ISBN-13: 9780801874253 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $32.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: "Butler questions the value of long life for its own sake; modern medicine, he says, has ironically created 'a huge group of people for whom survival is possible but satisfaction in living elusive.' He proposes sweeping policy reforms to redefine and restructure the institutions responsible for what he calls 'the tragedy of old age in America.'." -- New York Times Book Review |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Geriatrics - Social Science | Gerontology |
| Dewey: 301.435 |
| LCCN: 73004066 |
| Physical Information: 1.29" H x 5.54" W x 8.42" (1.48 lbs) 512 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The author questions the value of long life for its own sake, arguing that modern medicine has ironically created a group for whom survival is possible but satisfaction elusive. He proposed reforms to redefine and restructure the institutions responsible for the elderly in America. |
Contributor Bio(s): Butler, Robert N.: - Robert N. Butler, M.D., is president and chief executive officer of the International Longevity Center-USA and professor of geriatrics at the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. From 1975 to 1982 he was the founding director of the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health. In 1982 he founded the first department of geriatrics in a U.S. medical school. In 1976 Butler won the Pulitzer Prize for his book Why Survive?: Being Old in America. He is co-author (with Dr. Myrna I. Lewis) of the books Aging and Mental Health and Love and Sex After 60. He is presently working on a book, The Longevity Revolution. |