Reality and myth about legal healthcare support and quality of life in the Brazilian elderly

• Main Authors: Dionéia Motta Monte-Serrat (Author), Hafiz T.A. Khan (Author), Russell Kabir (Author), Daniela Witter Soares (Author), Sílvia Sidnéia da Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Unesp).
• Subjects: article
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The main aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the government's social security cover on support and healthcare and its impact on quality of life of elderly in Brazil. We examine discursively in a qualitative study the State's political commitment towards ageing issues; age...