Geronticide: Killing the Elderly Geronticide: Killing the Elderly Mike Brogden Jessica Kingsley Publishers 221pp £15.95 1 85302 709 X 185302709X.
This book is vital reading for those who advocate for older people. It has really influenced my thinking about the future of health care and nursing. This is because the writer, in the strongest terms, brings to our attention that our society is not mindful of older people in health and social policy. The outcome of not looking after old people is that they die earlier than they should. There is a phase of life that they go into when they are not economically productive and they use up resources.