Geriatric Medicine Education in Europe and the United States

Antonio Cherubini; Philippe Huber; Jean Pierre Michel; Miguel A. Paniagua

doi:10.1002/9781119952930.ch142

Geriatric Medicine Education in Europe and the United States

Antonio Cherubini, Philippe Huber, Jean Pierre Michel, Miguel A. Paniagua

Istituto Nazionale di Riposo e Cura per Anziani V.E. II

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During the 20th century there was a remarkable increase of more than 30 years in life expectancy in developed countries. As a consequence of this fast process of aging of the population, a new category of patients has appeared, characterized not only by advanced age but also by the simultaneous occurrence of multimorbidity, disability and frailty. Although this scenario would require that all physicians receive an adequate education on how to provide health care to older patients, this is still not the case, both in the United States and in Europe, where undergraduate and postgraduate training in geriatrics is often heterogeneous and underdeveloped.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Pathy's Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine: Fifth Edition
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons
Pages	1719-1724
Number of pages	6
Volume	2
ISBN (Print)	9780470683934
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119952930.ch142
Publication status	Published - Mar 12 2012

Keywords

Europe
Geriatric education
Postgraduate education
Undergraduate education
Unites states

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Medicine(all)

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