Preventive health care in elderly people needs rethinking
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Dee Mangin, Kieran Sweeney, and Iona Heath argue that, rather than prolonging life, preventive treatments in elderly people simply change the cause of death—the manner of our dying
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- Authors
- Mangin, D., Sweeney, K., & Heath, I.
- Affiliations
- University of Otago (NZ)
- Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Mangin, Dee
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2007-08-09
- Volume
- 335
- Issue
- 7614
- Pages
- 285-287
- ISSN
- 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
- 0959-8138
- 1468-5833
- PMC
- PMC1941858
- OpenAlex
- W2013489663
- Cited by
- 122
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 13.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Frailty in Older Adults
- Keywords
- preventive medicine, older adults, aging, mortality, causes of death, quality of life, end-of-life care
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Hypolipidemic Agents, Cardiovascular Diseases, Decision Making, United Kingdom, Health Services for the Aged, Humans, Preventive Health Services, Risk Factors, Treatment Outcome
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