Geriatric Medicine

Authors

Tatyana Kemarskaya, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow
Catherine M. Glew BM, BS, CMD, Lehigh Valley Health NetworkFollow

Publication/Presentation Date

2017

Abstract

The two essential bodies of knowledge that comprise the science of geriatrics are gerontology and geriatric medicine. Gerontology (from the Greek γέρων, geron, “old man” and -λογία, -logia, “study of,” coined by Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov in 1903) is the branch of basic sciences that explores the process of aging, with the focus on the psychological, cognitive, and biological aspects of aging. Geriatric medicine, or geriatrics (from the Greek γέρων geron meaning “old man” and ιατρός iatros meaning “medicine related,” coined by Ignatz Leo Nascher), is the branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and aging people [1].

Comments

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-48687-1_33

Published In/Presented At

Kemarskaya T., Glew C.M. (2017) Geriatric Medicine. In: Luchette F., Yelon J. (eds) Geriatric Trauma and Critical Care. Springer, Cham. pp 339-354.

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Medical Specialties | Surgery

Department(s)

Department of Surgery, Department of Surgery Faculty

Document Type

Book Chapter