Nursing Homes for the Old ('Gerocomeia') in Byzantium (324-1453 AD)

Gerontology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-117

  Lascaratos, J ^a   Kalantzis, G ^a   Poulakou Rebelakou, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Byzantine state; Care of the aged; Charity; History of medicine; Old people's homes

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGED; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGED; BYZANTIUM; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 1242284257     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075563     Document Type: Review

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