Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... Doctors have become so influential and dominant in matters relating to health that they are assumed to have a ... doctors alone do not possess the gift of good health in old age . Indeed , the individual's best ' doctor ' is often the ...
... Doctors have become so influential and dominant in matters relating to health that they are assumed to have a ... doctors alone do not possess the gift of good health in old age . Indeed , the individual's best ' doctor ' is often the ...
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... doctors occupy a leading role in the infrastructure of medical management . This means not only that they have complete clinical autonomy , but power to control many aspects of service delivery . Recent changes in the management ...
... doctors occupy a leading role in the infrastructure of medical management . This means not only that they have complete clinical autonomy , but power to control many aspects of service delivery . Recent changes in the management ...
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... doctor in search of expert diagnosis and cure . We feel ill , we want the doctor to remove our worst fears , and make us better . This situation places both parties under pressure : patients want reassurance and doctors are expected to ...
... doctor in search of expert diagnosis and cure . We feel ill , we want the doctor to remove our worst fears , and make us better . This situation places both parties under pressure : patients want reassurance and doctors are expected to ...
Contents
reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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