Vitamin D for older people: how much, for whom and--above all--why?

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  • Frazer Anderson
چکیده

98 There are many aspects of the geriatric day hospital which were not measured and sadly may never be measured. It is user friendly to patients, doctors, nurses and therapists. It may not be equipped with a CT/MRI scan on site but there are neither fast lifts nor revolving doors. To me, it makes the working life of a geriatrician exciting and brings in unique variation from the problems that we usually deal with in acute hospital environment and other specialities. To be honest, it was one of the attractions of geriatric medicine when deciding over other specialities in my career choice. A session or two in a day hospital in a weekly timetable is something I can live with for the rest of my career. Now I feel so much better making myself heard, but will they listen?

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Age and ageing

دوره 35 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005