Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 12 Issue 1
Promoting excellence in services through research, policy and practice
Table of contents
Ageing science, health care and social inclusion of older people
Joanna Latimer, Terence Davis, Mark Bagley, David KiplingIn this paper we present preliminary findings from a study of the social, ethical and cultural aspects of ageing science and medicine. The paper draws on a collaborative, ongoing…
The good life: from Socrates to Surbiton
John Gallacher, Clive Mitchell, Andrea Rengifo, Paul BurtonUnderstanding what is meant by ‘the good life’ has challenged philosophers and scientists for centuries with contrasting views emphasising either virtue or success. This study…
The contribution of biogerontology to quality ageing
Mark Bagley, Terence Davis, Joanna Latimer, David KiplingIncreased longevity is the success story of 20th‐century biomedicine, together with improvements in general living conditions, but it brings great challenges. Although many…
Right place ‐ wrong person: dignity in the acute care of older people
Win Tadd, Alex Hillman, Sian Calnan, Mike Calnan, Tony Bayer, Simon ReadThis paper reports on an ethnographic study to explore the experience of dignity in the acute care of older people in four acute NHS trusts. It explores the prevalent view that…
Clinical issues in old age ‐ the challenges of geriatric medicine
Antony BayerGeriatric medicine is the branch of general medicine concerned with the clinical, preventive, remedial and social aspects of illness in older people. Rather than being defined by…
My health ‐ whose responsibility? Healthy behaviours and prophylactic drugs
Peter ElwoodThe preservation of health is ultimately the responsibility of each individual person. It differs fundamentally from the treatment of disease, which has been delegated to…
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- Prof Fiona Poland