title: Surveying the elderly population.
abstract: The commentary 'Delegation in screening but to whom', Geriatric Medicine, (January 1990), has generated much discussion in nursing circles here at the Royal College of Nursing. In the commentary, Dr Mackintosh refers to the surveillance of old people as being an 'onerous annual obligation'. This indicates a somewhat negative attitude to meeting the health care needs of the elderly population.
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authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ford