England’s chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, has called for a cultural shift in medicine away from maximising lifespan and towards improving quality of life in old age, arguing that sometimes this means “less medicine, not more”. Speaking before the publication of his 2023 annual report, which this year focuses on health in an ageing …
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Prioritise quality of life over prolonging it for elderly, Chris Whitty tells medics | Older people
Older people England’s chief medical officer says more realistic conversations needed about some treatments’ side-effects England’s chief medical officer, Prof Chris Whitty, has called for a cultural shift in medicine away from maximising lifespan and towards improving quality of life in old age, arguing that sometimes this means “less medicine, not more”. Speaking before the …