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Robert N. Butler, MD : visionary of healthy aging /

Robert Neil Butler (1927?2010) was a scholar, psychiatrist, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who revolutionized the way the world thinks about aging. One of the first psychiatrists to engage with older men and women outside of institutional settings, Butler coined the term?ageism" to draw atte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Achenbaum, W. Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.