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Death in England and Wales
Author(s)	Ann Cartwright
Journal title	Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, vol 7, no 3, 1997
Pages	pp 265-272
Keywords	Death ; Dying ; Euthanasia ; Medical care ; Terminal care ; Research ; Statistics [data].
Annotation	This article reviews research and official statistics on older people, death and dying. Death certificates provide information about the age, sex and marital status at death, and about the cause and place of death. Three ad hoc random studies on death are described, which examined people's circumstances in the year before their death, their restrictions and symptoms, the care they received, the quality of their lives, and the communication between them and their formal carers. Studies on the development, quality and effectiveness of palliative care are also reviewed, as are studies on euthanasia and non-treatment (decisions not to resuscitate). The author concludes that people dying when they are older have less support from relatives and more long-term problems than people dying at a younger age. In addition, they are less well cared for by formal services in relation to their needs, and discriminated against by the specialist palliative care services, which concentrate on short-term problems.
Accession Number	CPA-971204418 A
Classmark	CW: CX: CY: LK: LV: 3A: 6C
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