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Dying in old age — promoting well-being at the end of life
Author(s)	Liz Lloyd
Journal title	Mortality, vol 5, no 2, 2000
Pages	pp 171-188
Keywords	Dying ; Terminal care ; Well being.
Annotation	The circumstances in which older people die in Britain are discussed, focusing on the nature of health and social care interventions. It is argued that the social context of ageing, reflected in the policy framework of health and social care, perpetuates a negative view of ageing that is particularly damaging to older people as they approach the end of life. Drawing on existing evidence of services in palliative care and care of older people and on recent research findings, the article considers the concept of "tertiary health promotion" as a useful approach to developing services and with two particular advantages. First, it enables crucial links to be drawn between individual and collective responsibilities for health. Second, it enables end-of-life care for older people to be understood in the context of their health and well-being over the whole life course. (OFFPRINT) (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010122204 A
Classmark	CX: LV: D:F:5HH *
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