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| Ageism in the 21st century NHS | | Author(s) | Stephen Waters, Harshad Desai |
| Journal title | Ageing & Health: the Journal of the Institute of Ageing and Health (West Midlands), no 10, 2004 |
| Publisher | Institute of Ageing and Health, West Midlands, 2004 |
| Pages | pp 2-5 |
| Source | http://www.iah-wmids.org.uk |
| Keywords | National Health Service ; Ageism. |
| Annotation | The various models of healthcare used in the first 50 years of the National Health Service (NHS) have left older patients denied access to many forms of treatment. There is evidence of ageism in a wide variety of acute, specialist and long term care areas, which this article summarises. The opportunity to tackle the issue has been raised by the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF). This requires the rooting out of barriers such as changing the prevailing role of older people in society and the economy; NHS structure and funding; and the education of health professionals, whose employment should be maintained beyond the age of 65. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040517201 A |
| Classmark | L4: B:TOB |
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