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The health needs of urban black aged in Cape Town

E.M. Wolff
Curationis | Vol 2, No 3 | a495 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v2i3.495 | © 1979 E.M. Wolff | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 27 September 1979 | Published: 27 September 1979

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E.M. Wolff, Department of comprehensive and community medicine University of Cape Town, South Africa

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It is well known that urbanization leads to a break down in the extended family structure; this has particular relevance to the aged in a Black community. A study was therefore designed to assess the health needs of urbanized Black aged and what facilities would be needed for their care.

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