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Author: Butler, Robert N.
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From the publisher

"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

"Crammed with facts that explode old myths." -Boston Globe

"Heavily documented, highly readable . . . jammed with recommendations for constructive change in every area." -Science

"I commend it for clarity and lucidity, unpretentiousness and comprehensiveness . . . I think it is a classic." -Karl Menninger M.D.

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What is it like to be old in the United States?

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Title Why Survive?: Being Old in America
Author Robert N. Butler
Binding Paperback
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 512
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Publication date 2003-02-01
Features Bibliography, Index
ISBN 9780801874253 / 0801874254
Weight 1.48 lbs (0.67 kg)
Dimensions 8.42 x 5.54 x 1.29 in (21.39 x 14.07 x 3.28 cm)
Category Medical / Nursing
Library of Congress subjects Older people - Government policy - United, Old age assistance - United States
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 73004066
Dewey Decimal Code 301.435

About the author

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.

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