Editorial
Aging and paediatric practice
Archives of Disease in
Childhood, BMA House, London WC1H
9JR
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Scientific journals from around the world have agreed to take
part this year in a global themed issue on aging
an initiative coordinated by JAMA. How do we justify a contribution from
the Archives of Disease in Childhood to this important
theme? One thing that distinguishes paediatric practice is that health
and disease are observed against a background of growth and
development. Perhaps analogous to this is the practice of geriatrics,
where biological senescence, and all its psychosocial implications, is
the backdrop against which health and disease are observed. Yet this
philosophy becomes clouded when we consider that development and aging
(or senescence) cannot be readily pulled apart. Although development
implies an advantageous adaption to life, and aging implies
irreversible deterioration it is none the less true that development is
not only a precursor of aging but also influences it profoundly.
If we are serious about health promotion as
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