Annals of Geriatric Education and Medical Sciences
Open Access
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue: 2

Emergence of geriatric medicine in India – need of the hour

  • Author:
  • Prasad Rao P. Voleti
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 41 to 42

Director, Division of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Medanta – the Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon, India, Email: prasadraovoleti@medanta.org

Online published on 19 June, 2015.

Abstract

By going through this article it is well versed that Geriatrics is a burgeoning buzzword in India. The proper medical care of elderly adults should be complemented by looking in to changed effects of aging on the disease, consequences and response to treatment.

Keywords

Frailty, chronic diseases, Geriatric