Geriatricians

Word GERIATRICIANS
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Definitions and meanings of "Geriatricians"

What do we mean by geriatricians?

A medical doctor specialising in the assessment and treatment of elderly people.

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The word "geriatricians" in example sentences

Polypharmacy: A term geriatricians are using for the number of prescription and over-the-counter medications that elderly people are taking in alarming numbers is polypharmacy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Fewer than 320 physicians entered geriatric medicine fellowship training from 2004 to 2008, the report said, noting a lack of geriatricians in some rural areas is acute. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Formulated by two geriatricians at the University of Cork in Ireland, STOPP predicted adverse reactions implicated in hospitalizations almost twice as often as Beers. ❋ M.D. Richard W. Besdine (2012)

To care for these seniors, the United States will need 14,000 more geriatricians than it has today. ❋ Inder Sidhu (2011)

There are not going to be enough geriatricians, says physician Gregg Warshaw, an author of the report and chair of the division of geriatrics at the University of Cincinnati. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If seniors were the true customers, they would likely flock to geriatricians, bidding up their rates — and sending a useful signal to medical-school students. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For example, although the population is rapidly aging, we have few geriatricians — physicians who address the cluster of common patient issues related to aging, often crossing traditional specialty lines. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Success stories involving teams of health care providers working in concert with geriatricians are good models for others to pursue, Counsell says. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And we must educate doctors -- whether or not they are geriatricians -- so they can better understand and serve this demographic. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A further 21 percent reduction will make it prohibitive for many physicians -- internists, geriatricians and family practitioners in particular -- to continue caring for their Medicare patients. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We take our children to pediatricians because we understand that their bodies function differently from adults ', but we don't have nearly enough geriatricians who specialize in the way older adults' bodies and brains behave. ❋ Paula Span (2010)

If oncologists could not bring themselves to provide care for their terminally ill patients, she would leverage other specialists—psychiatrists, anesthesiologists, geriatricians, physical therapists, and neurologists—to help patients die painlessly and gracefully. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

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