Saturday, November 23, 2024

Canada’s Politics and Government News Source Since 1989

Saturday, November 23, 2024 | Latest Paper

Kenneth Rockwood

Kenneth Rockwood is a geriatrician in Halifax, N.S., and a researcher with the Canadian Frailty Network (CFN), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving care for older Canadians living with frailty.

Frailty and the new ageism

HALIFAX, N.S.—Should medicine be ageist? A young trainee doctor recently proposed to me that it should. Health care is overstretched, she argued. “We can’t

Opinion | BY KENNETH ROCKWOOD | January 9, 2017

Frailty and the new ageism

Opinion | BY KENNETH ROCKWOOD | January 9, 2017

HALIFAX, N.S.—Should medicine be ageist? A young trainee doctor recently proposed to me that it should. Health care is overstretched, she argued. “We can’t

Frailty and the new ageism

Opinion | BY KENNETH ROCKWOOD | January 9, 2017

HALIFAX, N.S.—Should medicine be ageist? A young trainee doctor recently proposed to me that it should. Health care is overstretched, she argued. “We can’t

Frailty and the new ageism

HALIFAX, N.S.—Should medicine be ageist? A young trainee doctor recently proposed to me that it should. Health care is overstretched, she argued. “We can’t

Opinion | BY KENNETH ROCKWOOD | January 9, 2017

Frailty and the new ageism

Opinion | BY KENNETH ROCKWOOD | January 9, 2017

HALIFAX, N.S.—Should medicine be ageist? A young trainee doctor recently proposed to me that it should. Health care is overstretched, she argued. “We can’t

Frailty and the new ageism

Opinion | BY KENNETH ROCKWOOD | January 9, 2017

HALIFAX, N.S.—Should medicine be ageist? A young trainee doctor recently proposed to me that it should. Health care is overstretched, she argued. “We can’t