The Ageing Countryman: A Socio-medical Report on Old Age in a Country Practice |
Contents
INTRODUCTION by Dr J H Sheldon | 5 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 11 |
CHAPTER THREE The Background | 19 |
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acute admissions AGE AND SEX Age Group anxiety arthritis British Medical Journal bungalows cause chiropody chronic bronchitis chronic sick hospitals common Congestive heart failure considerable number considered Cor pulmonale cottage Council deaf death demand diabetes disability disease district dwellings dyspepsia elderly enquiry family doctor farm worker farmers female figures gall-bladder garden Hallux valgus heart failure hypertension important incidence interests known lesions living M F M F male sample married mental micturition ML ML mobility National Health Service neighbours normal obese occupation old age old country old lady old patients older osteo-arthritis parish part-time person physical population practice practitioner present series reason RELATED TO AGE relative restricted result retirement age rheumatic rural area Rutherglen senescence senile sleep Social Classes Spondylosis suffered surgery Table tinnitus TOTAL town treatment ulceration usually Varicose Veins Vertigo whilst women younger Σ Σ