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GERIATRIC MEDICINE; CONTENT AND NATURE OF PRACTICE, REASONS FOR LACK OF RECRUITMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
Author(s) -
Cape R.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 0726-4240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1989.tb00744.x
Subject(s) - dozen , subject (documents) , content (measure theory) , object (grammar) , clinical practice , engineering ethics , psychology , medical education , medicine , public relations , nursing , political science , computer science , engineering , library science , artificial intelligence , mathematical analysis , arithmetic , mathematics
Have unsatisfactory conditions in practice resulted in the lack of candidates for consultant posts in geriatricmedicine? This question needs to be urgently addressed as there are currently about a dozen vacant positions in Victoria. The object of this paper is firstly, t o define briefly the content of the subject and the nature of its practice; secondly, to examine potential causes for the dearth of candidates and finally t o suggest an approach towards improving the situation.