Why Survive?: Being Old in America
by Robert N. Butler
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Author: Robert N. ButlerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-11-26
ISBN: 0801874254
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
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- ISBN13: 9780801874253
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Book Review: A sympathetic and informative guide to the problems of Old Age in America
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was written in 1975.In it Butler emphasizes the raw deal lots of elderly Americans were getting at the time. He speaks about Poverty and the inadequacy of Social Security, problems of work, of sickness, of social isolation in Old Age. He writes about discriminatory attitudes towards the elderly. He writes about misconceptions regarding infirmity and the great majority of the elderly. He addresses the way the elderly are stigmatized by the medical and psychiatric professions.
He is essentially an advocate, a very informed and sympathetic one for the elderly. The book opens with his relating the story of how he was raised by his grandparents and how their devotion kept him going as a young child.
It is thirty years since the book was written, and my guess is that there has been considerable improvement in certain areas of the lives of the elderly. I would guess that Poverty is not as prevalent as it was thirty years ago. I also believe that there has been an improvement in institutional care for the healthy. 'Ageism' which is a term Butler coined is of course still a reality, but there are also organizations and groups which defend the interests of the elderly.
Butler speaks wisely about maintaining health and interest in life in old age. His concluding remarks have to do with making our lives 'works of art'.
This is a fine book written by a very decent and skillful student of the problems of Aging in America.
Summary of Why Survive?: Being Old in America
"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 ReviewInternal Medicine Books
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