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Acute Geriatric Medicine

By M. Lye (Editor)
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Most patients in developed nations with medical problems requiring hospital care are elderly. Increasingly the dividing line between general internal medi­ cine and acute geriatric medicine is becoming more blurred. It is, nevertheless, apparent that some elderly patients on medical or sub-specialty hospital wards become 'bed blockers'. Why? Also, why are 'bed blockers' less of a problem on an acute geriatric ward? Many clinicians believe this is related to a faster access to the long-stay ...

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