Study says COPD testing is not measuring up
...ving spirometry. Researchers point to the issue of ageism and question whether or not a patients age influences a physicians decision to order diagnostic testing. The bad news is that we have significant room for improvement. The good news is that we have to know a problem exists before we can fix it, and...Ageism endemic in health services
...underfunding have provided an environment in which ageism has flourished, writes Professor John Young in an ...orial. Whenever a clinical stone is turned over, ageism is revealed, he says. For example, in cancer services, coronary care units, prevention of vascular d......n topics including: how to counteract workplace ageism the risk of alcohol-related problems in the elderly the reluctance of elderly people to work after 65 (despite government encouragement) the isolation experienced by grand parents who "parent"....