Gaps in geriatric education are gaps in geriatric care.
The article focuses on the uneven development of geriatric medicine education, academic presence, and clinical services across Europe, based on a pan-European mapping study covering 38 countries. It highlights that geriatric medicine is formally recognized as a specialty in only 24 countries, with s...
| Publicado en: | Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 6; pp. 1 - 4 |
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