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Download full textDieffenbach, Ann – 1982
Recent studies by the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences, and the Rand Corporation have suggested that most physicians in the United States are inadequately trained to cope with the care of the elderly, in spite of the fact that over 11% of the population is over age 65. At present, nearly 30% of all health care…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Geriatrics, Health Needs, Medical Education
