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Interdisciplinary Teams

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Geriatric Medicine

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No single discipline can hope to meet the diverse and complex health care needs of the aging members of our society. At present, for any typical geriatric patient who is admitted to a hospital, it is quite likely that in addition to a physician and a nurse, the skills and knowledge of a physical therapist, social worker, nutritionist, and clinical pharmacist will be required; also, the services of many other health professions and occupations may be needed. Such a broad collaborative approach is seen as desirable not only from the standpoint of a patient’s welfare; but, in these days of increasing concern over cost, it is obvious that coordinated and non-overlapping care for elderly persons can effect significant cost savings.

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  1. Department of Geriatrics, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, 1 Gustave Levy Place, New York, New York, 10029, USA

    Christine K. Cassel M.D.

  2. Section of Geriatric Medicine, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, 97201, USA

    John Richard Walsh M.D.

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Baldwin, D.C., Tsukuda, R.A.W. (1984). Interdisciplinary Teams. In: Cassel, C.K., Walsh, J.R. (eds) Geriatric Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5232-0_30

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