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Person‐centred medicine for older people
Author(s) -
Snaedal Jon
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of evaluation in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.737
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1365-2753
pISSN - 1356-1294
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01585.x
Subject(s) - older people , cognition , psychology , gerontology , medicine , psychiatry
It can be argued that person‐centred medicine is more important in old age than it is in young or middle age. The older patient is in many respects more of an individual than he was in his younger age as life experiences including diseases have shaped each person for a long time. For evaluation of an older person, the team approach has been shown to be the most efficient method. Cognitive factors and social support must be addressed specifically.