Ageism in Medicine: Doctors Are Ageists
A Typical Scenario: An 80-year-old man walks into a doctor’s office and says, “My bones creak and I feel pain when I just walk.” The doctor responds, “Well, Abe, you are getting on in years. Nothing works like it used to. You can’t expect to feel like you did 30 years ago.” Ageism! Doctors have…