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Towards dignity — BME [black minority ethnic] elders in hospital
Author(s)	Ben Harding
Corporate Author	Policy Research Institute on Ageing and Ethnicity; Help the Aged
Journal title	Geriatric Medicine, vol 31, no 8, August 2001
Pages	pp 10-12
Keywords	Ethnic groups ; Hospital services ; Patients ; Medical care ; Management [care] ; Help the Aged.
Annotation	Going into hospital is a stressful time for everyone, but how much more traumatic is the NHS experience when the anxiety is compounded by a failure to communicate properly, a lack of understanding of cultural differences, or even the unavailability of appropriate food? This article outlines the findings of "Towards dignity - acting on the lessons from hospital experiences of black and minority ethnic older people", a report commissioned by Help the Aged (HTA). The reader is reminded of Standard 2 of the National Service Framework (NSF) for Older People which refers to "person-centred care": the individual must be respected, redesigning services around patient needs, not fitting patient needs around existing services. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010905202 A
Classmark	TK: LD: LF: LK: QA: PYH
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