Old news: Why the 90-year crisis in medical elder care?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1357-1360

  Diachun, Laura L ^a   Charise, Andrea ^b   Lingard, Lorelei ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

geriatrics; history of medicine; medical elder care

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; AGING; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SENESCENCE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; PATIENT ADVOCACY;

EID: 84863835863     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04029.x     Document Type: Article

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