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Why illness is more important than disease in old age

Clinical reasoning and research in modern geriatrics often prioritises the disease concept. This is understandable as it has brought impressive advances in medicine (e.g. antibiotics, vaccines, successful cancer treatment and many effective surgeries). However, so far the disease framework has not s...

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Autores principales: Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M, Melis, René J F, Cohen, Alan A, (Geeske) Peeters, G M E E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8755909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35018409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab267