Preventive Medicine in the Older Patient: A United Kingdom Perspective

Preventive Medicine in the elderly is often regarded as a redundant concept and pre-existing opinions are barriers in the provision of this service. This article explores the concepts of preventive medicine in the elderly from a United Kingdom perspective and examines current trends, opinions and se...

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Autor principal: Kakar, Puneet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3389434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22783463
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description Preventive Medicine in the elderly is often regarded as a redundant concept and pre-existing opinions are barriers in the provision of this service. This article explores the concepts of preventive medicine in the elderly from a United Kingdom perspective and examines current trends, opinions and sets out a path for the future. In particular it focusses on the theories of morbidity associated with ageing, economic viability of providing preventive medicine care for the older person and attempts to seek redress for the current situation.
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spelling pubmed-33894342012-07-10 Preventive Medicine in the Older Patient: A United Kingdom Perspective Kakar, Puneet Int J Prev Med Review Article Preventive Medicine in the elderly is often regarded as a redundant concept and pre-existing opinions are barriers in the provision of this service. This article explores the concepts of preventive medicine in the elderly from a United Kingdom perspective and examines current trends, opinions and sets out a path for the future. In particular it focusses on the theories of morbidity associated with ageing, economic viability of providing preventive medicine care for the older person and attempts to seek redress for the current situation. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3389434/ /pubmed/22783463 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Preventive Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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