BMJ 2001;322:668-670 ( 17 March )

Education and debate

Care of older people

Maintaining the dignity and autonomy of older people in the healthcare setting

This is the first in a series of four articles

Kate Lothian, research assistant, Ian Philp, professor of health care for elderly people. 

Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing, Community Sciences Centre, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield S5 7AU

Correspondence to: I Philp i.philp@sheffield.ac.uk

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

Series editor: Ian Philp

This series will explore key issues in the quality of health care for older people. The basis of these articles is the extensive literature reviews undertaken to inform the development of a national service framework for NHS care of older people in England. As a result of an investigation by the Observer newspaper in 1997, the UK Health Advisory Service published a report with 17 recommendations,¹ including the establishment of the national service framework, made up of key indicators of quality care and service provision. Background work for the framework covered evidence about quality in the organisation and delivery of health care for older people. It included health promotion; disease prevention; primary health care; general hospital care; specialist care by geriatric, psychogeriatric, and palliative care services; intermediate care and long term care in the community; and residential and nursing homes. Detailed attention was also given to the . . . [Full text of this article]

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