Robert N. Butler, MD : visionary of healthy aging / W. Andrew Achenbaum.
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TextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2013Description: 1 online resource (289 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9780231535328 (ebook)
- 305.26092 B 23
- HQ1064.U5 B8733 2013
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Life review -- The formative years -- A professional apprentice -- Forging Washington connections -- Butler at the National Institute of Aging -- Expanding the scope of geriatrics -- Recasting the new gerontology through the international longevity center -- America's aging visionary.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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