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Third edition. Edited by Christine K. Cassel, with six others. 1070 pp., illustrated. New York, Springer–Verlag, 1997. $130. ISBN 0-387-94692-6.

Who will care for us when we are old? The overwhelming majority of older adults will continue to be served by generalist physicians who will be responsible for recognizing and managing geriatric health problems in various settings in collaboration with many other health care professionals and sometimes with family care givers. What does the field of geriatrics have to offer these front-line professionals? Geriatrics is generally built on a foundation of excellent adult medicine, which is then expanded to foster adaptation to the physiology of aging; multiple, interacting chronic diseases; and functional disabilities. Geriatrics can offer an organized approach to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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