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CLINIC FOR PATIENTS WITH LONG‐TERM DISEASES (LT‐PATIENTS)
Author(s) -
Dahl Sven
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1971.tb02624.x
Subject(s) - medicine , work (physics) , term (time) , welfare , social welfare , gerontology , law , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , political science , engineering
A bstract This is an outline, based on Swedish conditions, of an organisation created to help long‐term (LT) patients. As geriatric LT‐patients form a steadily growing problem for the Western world, it is essential to find a way in which the community can help them and, at the same time, help itself. The LT‐speciality requires a change in the work of the hospital physician. First of all its requires that he become acquainted with the social organisation of the community and the possibilities for obtaining help. This is an important part of the whole work if he is to start and carry through the necessary co‐operation with the central and local authorities. If a community does not find a satisfactory solution to the problem of the necessary help for LT‐patients, all the health services and the whole of the welfare program will suffer severely.