Preventive health care in elderly people needs rethinking Journal Articles

abstract

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

authors

• Mangin, Derelie A
• Sweeney, Kieran
• Heath, Iona

status

• published 

publication date

• August 11, 2007

has subject area

• 1103 Clinical Sciences (FoR)
• 1117 Public Health and Health Services (FoR)
• Aged (MeSH)
• Aged, 80 and over (MeSH)
• Cardiovascular Diseases (MeSH)
• Decision Making (MeSH)
• General & Internal Medicine (Science Metrix)
• Health Services for the Aged (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Hypolipidemic Agents (MeSH)
• Preventive Health Services (MeSH)
• Risk Factors (MeSH)
• Treatment Outcome (MeSH)
• United Kingdom (MeSH)

published in

• The BMJ  Journal

keywords

• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Decision Making
• Health Services for the Aged
• Humans
• Hypolipidemic Agents
• Preventive Health Services
• Risk Factors
• Treatment Outcome
• United Kingdom

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1136/bmj.39241.630741.be1

start page

• 285

end page

• 287

volume

• 335

issue

• 7614