Medical problems referred to a care of the elderly physician: Insight for future geriatrics CME

Canadian Geriatrics Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 114-119

  Lam, Robert ^a   Gallinaro, Anna ^a   Adleman, Jenna ^b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; CME; Elderly; Family physicians; Geriatrics; Needs assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893063221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19258348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5770/cgj.16.58     Document Type: Article

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