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The National Service Framework for Older People
— secular mysticism? |
| Author(s) | Jed Rowe |
| 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 14-17 |
| Source | http://www.iah-wmids.org.uk |
| Keywords | National Health Service ; Medical care ; Falls ; Standards of provision ; Evaluation ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | The National Service Framework for Older People (NSF) may have set standards for older people's healthcare. However, the author contends that the evidence base for it is lacking, and some of the interventions are ineffective or damaging. The dangers of the NSF becoming "a secular mysticism" are evident in the falls section (Standard 6), where "a parade of incorrect treasured beliefs are trotted out". In this article, the literature base on falls is used to sort the sensible suggestions from the rhetoric. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040517203 A |
| Classmark | L4: LK: OLF: 583: 4C: 64A |
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