Unmet Needs for Geriatric Medicine and Care of the Elderly Physicians Work Force in Canada

Although the current low workforce availability of care of the elderly (COE) physicians, geriatric medicine specialists, and geriatric psychiatrists is undeniable, the ongoing demographic shift means this situation will only worsen. This evolving crisis is outlined clearly in the article “Updated In...

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Autores principales: Madden, Kenneth, Maher, Deviani, Montero-Odasso, Manuel, Lam, Robert E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Canadian Geriatrics Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8390321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34484497
http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.24.555
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description Although the current low workforce availability of care of the elderly (COE) physicians, geriatric medicine specialists, and geriatric psychiatrists is undeniable, the ongoing demographic shift means this situation will only worsen. This evolving crisis is outlined clearly in the article “Updated Inventory and Projected Requirements for Specialist Physicians in Geriatrics” by Basu et al. found in this issue of the Canadian Geriatrics Journal.
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spelling pubmed-83903212021-09-04 Unmet Needs for Geriatric Medicine and Care of the Elderly Physicians Work Force in Canada Madden, Kenneth Maher, Deviani Montero-Odasso, Manuel Lam, Robert E. Can Geriatr J Commentaries Although the current low workforce availability of care of the elderly (COE) physicians, geriatric medicine specialists, and geriatric psychiatrists is undeniable, the ongoing demographic shift means this situation will only worsen. This evolving crisis is outlined clearly in the article “Updated Inventory and Projected Requirements for Specialist Physicians in Geriatrics” by Basu et al. found in this issue of the Canadian Geriatrics Journal. Canadian Geriatrics Society 2021-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8390321/ /pubmed/34484497 http://dx.doi.org/10.5770/cgj.24.555 Text en © 2021 Author(s). Published by the Canadian Geriatrics Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivative license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use and distribution, provided the original work is properly cited.
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