Achenbaum Robert N. Butler, MD

Visionary of Healthy Aging
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-231-53532-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Achenbaum, W. Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Kranken-, Alten- und Behindertenhilfe
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Geriatrie, Gerontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Life Review
2. The Formative Years
3. A Professional Apprentice
4. Forging Washington Connections
5. Butler at the National Institute of Aging
6. Expanding the Scope of Geriatrics
7. Recasting the New Gerontology Through the International Longevity Center
8. America's Aging Visionary
Epilogue
Appendix: Prologue or Introduction to Life Review
References
Index

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Über Autor(innen)

W. Andrew Achenbaum is professor of social work and history at the Graduate School of Social Work, University of Houston, where he holds the Gerson and Sabina David Professorship in Global Aging. He is also a fellow at the Institute for Spirituality and Health and the John P. McGovern M.D. Center for Health, Humanities, and the Human Spirit at the University of Texas Medical Center. His books include Social Security: Visions and Revisions; Crossing Frontiers: Gerontology Emerges as a Science; and Older Americans, Vital Communities: Toward a Bold Vision of Societal Aging.