PREPARING FOR THE GERIATRIC TSUNAMI – AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PARADIGM SHIFT

The Emergency Department has witnessed multiple paradigm shifts within a very short period of time. It is likely that the aging of the population will create the greatest shift to date. As the number of people over age 75 swells, the demands on the emergency department to have available multi-discip...

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Main Author: James Ducharme, MD CM, FRCP
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Revista Médica Clínica Las Condes
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0716864017300421