1.
Med J Aust
; 150(8): 426, 428, 1989 Apr 17.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2716679
ABSTRACT
General practitioners are the major providers of health-care services for the older population in Australia. Care that is provided for older persons within the general-practice setting remains crisis-orientated. Nevertheless, many of the disabling health problems of older persons neither can be "solved" nor cured. Therefore, the older population is a unique population in which to study what constitutes good health and ways in which good health can be maintained. This article describes the perceptions of a group of older persons about their health. They define good health in a remarkably non-medical way. General practitioners need to take into account this knowledge when considering ways to improve the health of these patients.
Subject(s)
Aged/psychology , Health Promotion , Health , Perception , Physicians, Family , Aged, 80 and over , Attitude to Health , Female , Humans , Interviews as Topic , Male , Middle Aged
2.
Aust Fam Physician
; 18(1): 25, 1989 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2730440