Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A physician who specializes in geriatrics.
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- noun medicine A medical
doctor specialising in the assessment and treatment ofelderly people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a specialist in gerontology
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Examples
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Then a larger team, including a geriatrician, pharmacist and physical therapist, develop a care plan.
Elderly face lack of geriatric specialists, new report warns 2011
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We have taken care of people at home with palliative care for six or seven years — people with a range of cancers, scleroderma, emphysema and shortness of breath, says Diane Meier, a geriatrician at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Passages: Plan so later years can be comfortably extended 2011
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But there's not a single geriatrician – a doctor who specializes in treating the elderly – in all of Putnam County, where a fifth of the county's 74,000 people are seniors.
Baby Boomers: Aging Population Casts Light On Geriatrics Shortage The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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In half a day, a geriatrician meeting with one team can impact 500 patients, Counsell says.
Elderly face lack of geriatric specialists, new report warns 2011
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We need a new breed of "geriatrician GPs" whose clear role is to "see the person" and help each individual to maintain the best possible quality of life for the longest duration.
Why do the elderly allow the NHS to treat them so badly? | Jane Taylor 2011
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But there's not a single geriatrician – a doctor who specializes in treating the elderly – in all of Putnam County, where a fifth of the county's 74,000 people are seniors.
Baby Boomers: Aging Population Casts Light On Geriatrics Shortage The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Fewer patients are developing pressure ulcers and more are getting the assessment they need from a specialist geriatrician – 37% compared with 24% in 2009.
Elderly people waiting less time for urgent hip operations 2011
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Something is happening in hip fracture, said Colin Currie, consultant geriatrician and one of the report's authors.
Elderly people waiting less time for urgent hip operations 2011
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As an internist and geriatrician working (as well as a lifelong New Yorker), I got a bird's eye view as Saint Vincent's did god's work in caring for generations of some of the most vulnerable New Yorkers.
Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital M.D. Mark Lachs 2010
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Call a family meeting, but be sure to have a neutral mediator run it — a geriatrician, social worker, psychoanalyst or care manager.
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