老年医学
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老年医学(英语:Geriatrics)是医学的一个分支,主要专注于老人的健康关顾。老年医学旨在通过预防、诊断和治疗年长成人的疾病以促进健康。
老年医学是一个从内科医学分拆出来的医学分支,就如同过往小儿医学从成人的内科医学分支,以及新生医学从小儿医学分拆出来一般[1]。病人接受老年病科医疗的年龄并没有一个明确的规定。相反,这一决定是根据患者的个人需求和现有的护理结构做出的。
参考文献
[编辑]- ^ Geriatrics separation from internal medicine. [2009-10-29]. (原始内容存档于2009-01-14).
延伸阅读
[编辑]- Cannon KT, Choi MM, Zuniga MA. Potentially inappropriate medication use in elderly patients receiving home health care: a retrospective data analysis. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. June 2006, 4 (2): 134–43. PMID 16860260. doi:10.1016/j.amjopharm.2006.06.010.
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外部链接
[编辑]- American Geriatrics Society (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- British Geriatrics Society (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Canadian Geriatrics Society (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)
- Irish Gerontological Society
- American Board Family Medicine CAQ Geriatric Medicine
- Merck Manual of Geriatrics (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆)