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Multiple drug use by older people : exploring the health development and political economy perspectives
(Usage de médicaments chez les personnes agées : amélioration de la santé et perspectives économiques)
Auteur(s) :
LEGGE D. G. ;
BAMMER, G.
Année
1993
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0959-5236
Refs biblio. :
10
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
MEDICAMENTS
;
CONSOMMATION
;
PRISE EN CHARGE
;
SANTE PUBLIQUE
;
POLITIQUE
;
PERSONNE AGEE
;
SOCIAL
;
ECONOMIE
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Review , 1993, 12, 387-392
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
La surmédicalisation des personnes agées a permis de masquer les causes sociales de leur mal être : perte de revenu, de place dans la société, d'autonomie... Ceci a fait la part belle à l'industrie pharmaceutique. Le réseau de santé primaire, faisant intervenir médecins, pharmaciens assistants sociaux, infirmiers etc... représente un modèle pour la prise en charge globale des personnes âgées.
ENGLISH :
The use of multiple medications by a large number of older people provides grounds for concern in terms of quality of life as well as cost. We argue that problems faced by older people are being over-medicalized in a manner that palliates and obscures social causes such as loss of income, the falling away of social support and a discounted role in society. Primary health care is a policy model of the development of health services which offers a credible strategy for addressing clinical problems associated with growing old in ways that also contribute to recognizing and addressing social and structural problems that may be expressed in people's private troubles. (The authors' abstract)
La surmédicalisation des personnes agées a permis de masquer les causes sociales de leur mal être : perte de revenu, de place dans la société, d'autonomie... Ceci a fait la part belle à l'industrie pharmaceutique. Le réseau de santé primaire, faisant intervenir médecins, pharmaciens assistants sociaux, infirmiers etc... représente un modèle pour la prise en charge globale des personnes âgées.
ENGLISH :
The use of multiple medications by a large number of older people provides grounds for concern in terms of quality of life as well as cost. We argue that problems faced by older people are being over-medicalized in a manner that palliates and obscures social causes such as loss of income, the falling away of social support and a discounted role in society. Primary health care is a policy model of the development of health services which offers a credible strategy for addressing clinical problems associated with growing old in ways that also contribute to recognizing and addressing social and structural problems that may be expressed in people's private troubles. (The authors' abstract)
Affiliation :
Nat. Ctr Epdemiol. Population Hlth, Austr. Nat. Univ. , Canberra, 0200
Australie. Australia.
Australie. Australia.