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Old age, disease, and the discourse on risk: Geriatric assessment in U.S. health care

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Title

Old age, disease, and the discourse on risk: Geriatric assessment in U.S. health care

Description

Explores one way in which medical practice confronts old age, disease, and conceptions of risk through an examination of geriatric assessment, a recently created health care modality in the United States.

Creator

Sharon R. Kaufman

Source

Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 8.4. Dec 1994. p. 430-447.
GN296 MAQ NO.4 1994.

Date

1994

Contributor

seah

Format

Article journal