Geriatrics in Brazil: A big country with big opportunities

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2018-2022

  Garcez Leme, Luiz E ^a,c   Leme, Mariana Deckers ^a   Espino, David V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Demograph; Elderly; Geriatrics; Health policies

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELDERLY CARE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; BRAZIL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 29244490626     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53557.x     Document Type: Review

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