Robert N. Butler, MD Visionary of Healthy Aging |
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| Author:
| Achenbaum, W. Andrew |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-16442-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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Robert Neil Butler was a scholar, psychiatrist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who revolutionized the way the world thinks about aging and the elderly. One of the first psychiatrists to engage with older men and women outside of institutional settings, Butler coined the term "ageism" to draw attention to discrimination against older adults.
Robert Neil Butler was a scholar, psychiatrist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who revolutionized the way the world thinks about aging and the elderly. One of the first psychiatrists to engage with older men and women outside of institutional settings, Butler coined the term "ageism" to draw attention to discrimination against older adults.