| Geriatric medicine: whose specialty? | |
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PMID: 496117 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The recommendation of the 1978 report of the Institute of Medicine, Washington, D.C., states that there should not be "a formal practice specialty in geriatrics." The United Kingdom has a comprehensive geriatric service based on a separate specialty of geriatric medicine. This speciality was developed before the National Health Service in 1948. The future of geriatric medicine is not clearly defined. It should continue, I believe, as a separate speciality but with deliberate policies to bring it back into "mainstream medicine." This will involve closer integration with family practice, internal medicine, and psychiatry. While I realize that the operation of the geriatric service in Edinburgh, where I work, could not simply be transplanted into an American setting, the principles of geriatric care ought to be applied within a specialist service if the increasing problems of the aging in American society are to be adequately met. |
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Authors:
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J Williamson |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Annals of internal medicine Volume: 91 ISSN: 0003-4819 ISO Abbreviation: Ann. Intern. Med. Publication Date: 1979 Nov |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1979-12-27 Completed Date: 1979-12-27 Revised Date: 2009-11-19 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372351 Medline TA: Ann Intern Med Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 774-7 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Aged Geriatrics / trends* Great Britain Humans Specialization / trends* United States |
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