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The development of geriatric medicine in Australia
Author(s) -
Lefroy Richard B
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1994.tb127312.x
Subject(s) - bureaucracy , population ageing , geriatrics , population , medicine , gerontology , political science , environmental health , psychiatry , politics , law
Geriatric medicine has been slow to evolve in Australia for bureaucratic and other reasons. The rapid increase in the aged population demands that a coordinated approach be taken in the future.