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Health care for older persons
 — a country profile - Spain
Author(s)José Manuel Ribera Casado, Alfonso J Cruz-Jentoft, Gonzalo Bravo Fernàndez de Araoz
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 48, no 1, January 2000
Pagespp 67-69
KeywordsHealth services ; General practice ; Services ; Spain.
AnnotationAn ageing population is seen as one of Spain's main future problems, and older Spanish people have repeatedly expressed that health is their main problem. Almost 100% of the Spanish population has the right to free lifetime comprehensive health care from its National Health System. This article outlines the nature of provision; the role of informal or family care for older people; education of geriatricians; and geriatric care. While politicians are reluctant to develop geriatric medicine, local authorities who are closer to social problems are developing appropriate social care services. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-010119208 A
ClassmarkL: L5: I: 76S

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