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Afraid of being seen as hypochondriacs, they put off seeing their GPs if they have niggling problems that fail to go away, according to a Government-commissioned survey.
The ?sorry to bother you doctor? culture means many are risking their health, found the study, published to coincide with the Diamond Jubilee.
The Department of Health poll found a third of those in their 60s put off going to see their GP in the hope that a problem would just go away.
Almost two-thirds (62 per cent) thought health problems were ?inevitable? in one?s 60s - an attitude that was particularly prevalent among men, with 71 per cent thinking so.
A half did not want to be seen as ?hypochondriacs? or ?time-wasters?.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...-warn-of-60-something-ostrich-generation.html
The ?sorry to bother you doctor? culture means many are risking their health, found the study, published to coincide with the Diamond Jubilee.
The Department of Health poll found a third of those in their 60s put off going to see their GP in the hope that a problem would just go away.
Almost two-thirds (62 per cent) thought health problems were ?inevitable? in one?s 60s - an attitude that was particularly prevalent among men, with 71 per cent thinking so.
A half did not want to be seen as ?hypochondriacs? or ?time-wasters?.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...-warn-of-60-something-ostrich-generation.html