The social medicine of old age

The Social Medicine of Old Age in Northern Ireland

THERE must be few people who do not have some appreciation of the practical implications of the increasing proportion of old people in our population, because the medical and social problems arising from this trend have been the subjects of nmaniy inquiries and much literary effort in recent years. As doctors, whether in hospital or in general practice, we have more reason than most to encounte...

The clinical medicine of old age.

If the relative increase in the percentage of old people in the community continues, geriatric medicine will in future occupy more and more of the time of both general practitioner and consultant. For many years it had been the custom to accept the disabilities of the elderly because of a subconscious belief that they were really incurable. The more energetic clinicians concentrated on schemes ...

Internal Medicine in Old Age

and its diagnosis and treatment, rather than on the morphology of the parasites. However, the various complex life cycles and other details of zoology which are pertinent are greatly clarified by an abundance of excellent illustrations, original and otherwise. Of special value for reference purposes are many tables summarizing important laboratory and clinical data, as well as an entire section...

Lost dignity: predominant experience of old age by the elderly

Paying attention to the views of the elderly and identifying their understanding of old age can be great help for proper consideration about their needs and problems. The purpose of this study was to understand the predominant experience of elderly people of aging. Hermeneutics phenomenology was used to collect data, and the van Manen's method was implemented to analyze those data. The required...

The Shift in Social Conception of Old Age: