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Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, [1] is a medical specialty focused on providing care for the unique health needs of the elderly. [2] The term geriatrics originates from the Greek γέρων geron meaning "old man", and ιατρός iatros meaning "healer".
Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, ... Furthermore, the number of persons age 80 years or over is projected to increase more than threefold by 2050, climbing from 127 ...
Geriatric psychiatry, also known as geropsychiatry, psychogeriatrics or psychiatry of old age, is a branch of medicine and a subspecialty of psychiatry dealing with the study, prevention, and treatment of neurodegenerative, cognitive impairment, and mental disorders in people of old age.
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Participants were between 65 and 80 years of age, and predominantly (71%) female. ... MD, professor of geriatric medicine at Vanderbilt University and director of the Middle Tennessee Geriatric ...
In the Islamic Golden Age, several physicians wrote on issues related to Gerontology. Avicenna 's The Canon of Medicine (1025) offered instruction for the care of the aged, including diet and remedies for problems including constipation . [ 6 ]
ISBN 9780198701590 (chapters 16 - Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: Evidence, & 17 - Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: The Specific Assessment Technology of InterRAI) Sinclair AJ, Morley JE, Vellas B. (eds) (2012, 5th ed.) Pathy's Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine ISBN 9780470683934 (chapter 112 - Multidimensional Geriatric ...
Age and Ageing is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of geriatric medicine and gerontology. It was established in 1972 and is published by Oxford University Press. It is the official journal of the British Geriatrics Society and the editor-in-chief is Rowan Harwood (University of Nottingham).