Aging. A different view of the last third of life

The bestseller New York Times, the finalist of the Pulitzer Prize-2020 in the nomination "Extraordinary Literature". The book was also included in the list of nominees on the literary award "Medal Andrew Carnegie" for outstanding achievements in literature and journalism and became the winner of the WSU AOS Bonner Book Award.
Everyone will come for age when aging can no longer be denied. A once distant country called "old age" will cease to seem alien or exotic to us. She makes no exceptions to anyone. Nevertheless, we neglect the elderly and side with them, we treat them condescendingly and sometimes tactlessly. Meanwhile, the truth is obvious: they?- This is "we" in the future, and we?- "They" in the past.
Geriatrician Louise Aronon tells cases from his 25-year practice of concern for patients and, based on history, science, literature and personal experience, seeks to change the prejudice attitude towards old age in medicine and in society. The first step, according to the author, is to recognize the problem of discrimination of people by age, because the most effective ways to strengthen their health today and extend life require not so much achievements of science or technology as to revise our