Thereafter it provides a succinct up to the minute critique of the worth risks and costs of preventive care and health promotional strategies for older people a broad range of such strategies are considered including cancer prevention the prevention of non cancer health problems and strategies aimed at enhancing functional status and strengthening the social support network principles for tailoring these strategies to the varied needs and wishes of elderly people are outlined likewise . David c kennie cambridge university press gbp1795 pp 321 isbn 0 521 43629 x from his interest in preventive care gained at duke university north carolina and now as a member of a forth valley health board subgroup in scotland david kennie has produced a text that examines the concepts of preventive care and health promotion specifically in the context of an elderly population. Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 184k or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Preventive care for elderly people by kennie david c publication date 1993 topics health promotion preventive health services for the aged cost effectiveness preventive health services for the aged publisher new york ny cambridge university press collection inlibrary printdisabled trent university internetarchivebooks digitizing sponsor kahle austin foundation contributor