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Choice and responsiveness for older people in the "patient centred" NHS.
- Source :
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BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition) . 1/3/2004, Vol. 328 Issue 7430, p4-5. 2p. - Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Discusses new community care regulations which mean that older people may not be able to choose where they are treated. Claims of improvement of access to health care for poor and disadvantaged by health secretary John Reid versus the Community Care (Delayed Discharge) Act which comes into force in January 2004; Details of the Community Care Act; The possible undermining of the 1948 National Assistance Act, known as the Direction on Choice.
- Subjects :
- *HEALTH services accessibility
*DISCRIMINATION in medical care
*ELDER care
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09598146
- Volume :
- 328
- Issue :
- 7430
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- BMJ: British Medical Journal (International Edition)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11903162
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.328.7430.4