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Edited by Evan Calkins, Chad Boult, Edward H. Wagner, and James T. Pacala. 260 pp., illustrated. New York, Springer Publishing, 1999. $43.95. ISBN 0-8261-1220-X.

The care of older people has come a long way during the 20-year life span of geriatrics in this country. In the early 1980s, there were few centers of clinical research that studied effective methods of caring for older people. By now there has been enough activity to warrant a book highlighting only the best evidence for advances in care across the spectrum of older people's needs. This book is a tribute to the exciting growth of the field of geriatrics.

New Ways to Care for Older People is a coherent, succinct, multiauthored reference for anyone interested in improving the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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