Why survive? : being old in America
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Why survive? : being old in America
(Johns Hopkins paperbacks)
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002
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Originally published: New York : Harper & Row , 1975
Bibliography: p. [471]-482
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"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.
Table of Contents
A Personal Note
Preface
Chapter 1. The Tragedy of Old Age in America
Chapter 2. How to Grow Old and Poor in an Affluent Society
Chapter 3. What About My Pension?
Chapter 4. The Right to Work
Chapter 5. No Place to Live
Chapter 6. No Time to Wait
Chapter 7. The Unfulfilled Prescription
Chapter 8. "They Are Only Senile"
Chapter 9. Houses of Death Are a Lively Business
Chapter 10. Victimization of the Elderly
Chapter 11. Pacification and the Politics of Aging
Chapter 12. The Gift of Life
Chapter 13. Lossening Up Life
Chapter 14. Growing Old Absurd
Appendixes
A. Sources of Gerontological and Geriatric Literature
B. Organizations Pertaining to the Eldery
C. Government Programs for the Eldery
D. Government Agencies for the Eldery
E. Other National Organizations with Programs in the Field of Aging
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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