Will undergraduate geriatric medicine survive?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 358-360

  Fletcher, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CURRICULUM; EDITORIAL; GERIATRICS; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GERIATRICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34547861610     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm065     Document Type: Editorial

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