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posted 04/09/2008, comment (1)

Americans Face Critical Shortage of Geriatricians

A recent article in the Lancet, a leading UK medical journal, has highlighted the fact that the elderly with multiple health problems do better when treated by teams led by geriatricians. However, the number of geriatricians remains critically low. Currently there are just 7000 in the USA. The American Geriatrics Society has warned that the aging... Read moreChevron
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