Preventing disability in older people with chronic disease: What is a doctor to do?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1314-1316

  Landefeld, C Seth ^a   Chren, Mary Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; EDITORIAL; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSONS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SELF CARE;

EID: 0031690456     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb04553.x     Document Type: Editorial

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