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Preventive health care in elderly people needs rethinking

BMJ · 2007 · 123 citations · 9 references

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Concepts

MedicineGeriatric MedicinePreventive MedicineAgingGeriatricsGerontologyAgeism In Health CareGeriatric EthicsGeriatric Palliative CarePalliative Care In Older AdultsPreventive CarePreventive Health CareAdherence To Preventive CareAgeism In Preventive CareAging-related Preventive CarePreventive Geriatric CareProfessional Preventive CareProtection Of Older AdultsUse Of Life-sustaining Treatment

Abstract

<b>Dee Mangin, Kieran Sweeney, </b>and<b> Iona Heath</b> argue that, rather than prolonging life, preventive treatments in elderly people simply change the cause of death—the manner of our dying

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