The Longevity Revolution: The Benefits and Challenges of Living a Long Life - Softcover

Butler, Robert N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1586486926 ISBN 13: 9781586486921

Publisher: PublicAffairs, 2010

Synopsis

Dr. Robert N. Butler coined the term ageism” and made Alzheimer's” a familiar word. Now he brings his formidable knowledge to a recent and unprecedented achievement: the extension of human life expectancy by thirty years, and the growing number of people over age sixty-five.

Alarmingly, our society has not adapted to this change. In this urgent and ultimately optimistic book, Butler calls for us to reexamine our personal and societal approach to aging right now, so that the boomers and the generations that follow may have a financially secure and vigorous final chapter of life.

About this title

About the Author:

Physician, gerontologist, psychiatrist, public servant, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Why Survive, Robert N. Butler, MD, was president and CEO of the International Longevity Center.

Review:

"New England Journal of Medicine" "This book has the potential to change the future of this country for the better..." "Journal of American Medicine Association," January 7, 2009 "Robert Butler must be counted as one of the princes of geriatric medicine in the United States. He has led a long and industrious career as physician, educator, medical civil servant, and, above all, champion of the elderly... Butler's book offers a clear critique of the present gerontological situation as well as some perceptive solutions." "New England Journal of Medicine" "This book has the potential to change the future of this country for the better..."

About this edition

• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1586486926
• ISBN 13: 9781586486921
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 576