“In her stirring new book, the pioneering US writer Margaret Morganroth Gullette argues that the meaning of the word burden has shifted from referring to the demanding work of care-giving (expressing empathy with the carer) on to the recipient of care. No wonder so many older people worry that they’ll become burdensome, and elder abuse is becoming so common.”—The Guardian
Listen to Margaret Morganroth Gullette, author of Ending Ageism, or How Not to Shoot Old People, on The Brian Lehrer Show.