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Noun(1) the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people

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(1) All assessments were performed by staff with training in drug safety, including specialists in clinical pharmacology and general medicine, pharmacy, geriatrics , and nursing.(2) It will not satisfy readers who want a book that critically appraises the validity of applying evidence based medicine to geriatrics itself.(3) Staff who are trained and experienced in geriatrics will be not only better equipped to treat older patients but also more sensitive to issues surrounding an older person's dignity and autonomy.(4) The training grounds in medical schools focus very little on geriatrics and gerontology, and newly graduating doctors come out with what some researchers call u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510healthismu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb.(5) Professor Black suggested that women tended to be drawn to specialist areas such as geriatrics and palliative care and avoided cardiology and gastroenterology where they would be required to work long hours.(6) The palliative care consulting team was led by the director of geriatrics .(7) In 1982 using a survey design similar to ours, researchers found that 16 of 72 U.S. pharmacy schools offered no course work in geriatrics whatsoever.(8) When I first started working on geriatrics in 1978, very few people even knew what the term meant.(9) One researcher describes geriatrics as the u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510reverse side of the coin of pediatrics.u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb(10) Dr. Johnson said she u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510loves pediatrics, geriatrics , the whole spectrum of family medicine.u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb(11) The number of students who were interested in obtaining specialized training in geriatrics doubled in comparison to their interest prior to the program.(12) A physician-scientist with clinical training in geriatrics , Tinetti has studied and published extensively on falls prevention and fall injury risk factors.(13) She completed a fellowship in geriatrics at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center.(14) In fact, my admiration for him may well have played a role in my later choosing geriatrics as my area of specialisation in medicine.(15) He has certificates of added qualification in geriatrics and sports medicine.(16) The private hospitals will not want to take over expensive areas like accident and emergency services or unprofitable sectors like geriatrics or mental health.