Increasing life expectancy: adding quality of life to those years
Stuck, A.E.
Praxis 90(49): 2166-2169
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 1661-8157 PMID: 11771198 Document Number: 538768
Demographic changes are a challenge for the health care system. Based on three case reports, the potential for improving preventive, rehabilitative, and palliative care in older persons is presented. The article discusses the method of multidimensional geriatric assessment.
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