Robert N. Butler, M.D.
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Why Survive? Being Old in America
Robert N. Butler, M.D.
“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
“This book admirably reviews the panoply of ugly social facts which add up to ‘ageism’ (a term Butler coined, meaning prejudice against old persons). In such areas as housing, Social…
