Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.)
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)
Fields of employment
Hospitals, Clinics
Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine,[1] is a medical specialty focused on providing care for the unique health needs of the elderly.[2] The term geriatrics originates from the Greek γέρων geron meaning "old man", and ιατρός iatros meaning "healer". It aims to promote health by preventing, diagnosing and treating disease in older adults.[3] There is no defined age at which patients may be under the care of a geriatrician, or geriatric physician, a physician who specializes in the care of older people. Rather, this decision is guided by individual patient need and the caregiving structures available to them. This care may benefit those who are managing multiple chronic conditions or experiencing significant age-related complications that threaten quality of daily life. Geriatric care may be indicated if caregiving responsibilities become increasingly stressful or medically complex for family and caregivers to manage independently.[4]
There is a distinction between geriatrics and gerontology. Gerontology is the multidisciplinary study of the aging process, defined as the decline in organ function over time in the absence of injury, illness, environmental risks or behavioral risk factors.[5] However, geriatrics is sometimes called medical gerontology.
^Marks JW (3 June 2021). "Medical Definition of Geriatric medicine". MedicineNet.
^"Geriatrics separation from internal medicine". University of Minnesota. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
^"Geriatric Medicine Specialty Description". American Medical Association. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
^"About Geriatrics | American Geriatrics Society". www.americangeriatrics.org. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
^"What is Gerontology?". www.geron.org. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
Geriatrics, or geriatric medicine, is a medical specialty focused on providing care for the unique health needs of the elderly. The term geriatrics originates...
Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin. It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist...
A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition...
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) is a non-profit professional society founded on June 11, 1942, for health care professionals practicing geriatric...
Alaska Native Older Adults. "Ethno Med - Alaska Native - Description - Geriatrics - Stanford Medicine". Archived from the original on January 28, 2014....
ISBN 978-0-19-852783-1. By the American Geriatrics Society 2015 Beers Criteria Update Expert Panel (November 2015). "American Geriatrics Society 2015 Updated Beers...
academician from 1974 and the director of the National Institute of Geriatrics and Gerontology (1958–1988). Ana was the youngest of four children, two...
Occupational therapy (OT) is a healthcare profession that involves the use of assessment and intervention to develop, recover, or maintain the meaningful...
differences in emergency department use and care". Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 35 (5). J Am Geriatr Soc: 398–404. doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.1987...
commonly called the Beers List, are guidelines published by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) for healthcare professionals to help improve the safety...
Austrian-American medical doctor and gerontologist. He coined the term "geriatrics" in 1909. Born in Vienna, Nascher immigrated to the United States at a...
the aging process (gerontology), diseases that afflict older adults (geriatrics), technology to support the aging society (gerontechnology), and leisure...
The Merck Manual of Geriatrics (3rd ed.). Whitehouse Station, N.J.: Merck Research Laboratories. ISBN 978-0911910889. "Geriatrics". Merck Manuals - Professional...
original (PDF) on 1 February 2010. "2012 AGS Beers List" (PDF). The American Geriatrics Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2012. Retrieved...
with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease". Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 54 (2): 378–380. doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00592_9.x. PMID 16460403...
"Exceptional Siblings: The Andrade Brothers". Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 68 (5): 1112–1114. doi:10.1111/jgs.16396. PMID 32150278. "Morreu...
Adrenal crisis, also known as Addisonian crisis or acute adrenal insufficiency, is a serious, life-threatening complication of adrenal insufficiency. Hypotension...
difference between geriatrics, the care of aged people, and gerontology, which is the study of the aging process itself. The term geriatrics comes from the...
should we be by the rise in serum creatinine?". Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 50 (7): 1297–300. doi:10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50321.x. PMID 12133029...
A health professional, healthcare professional, or healthcare worker (sometimes abbreviated HCW) is a provider of health care treatment and advice based...
Global Information