‘A Time to Die’?
- 1 March 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in International Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 13 (1) , 38-44
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/13.1.38
Abstract
Macfarlane A (National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford 0X2 6HE, UK) ‘ A time to die’? International Journal of Epidemiology 1984, 13: 38– 44. In both the newborn and the elderly, medical care is increasingly able to prolong or curtail life. It is difficult to assess what effect this may have on the population as a whole and what implication it may have for the interpretation of both short-term and longer-term changes in mortality. The definition of cut-off points for age groups is critical to the interpretation of the way changes in medical care could affect infant mortality rates.Keywords
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