General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics: Building a Foundation to Improve the Training of General Internists in the Care of Older Adults

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 609-614

  Landefeld, C Seth ^a   Callahan, Christopher M ^b   Woolard, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SKILL; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HISTORY; MEDICAL SCHOOL;

AGED; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; GERIATRICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0142028247     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-139-7-200310070-00034     Document Type: Review

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