The Role of Family Physicians in the Primary Health Care of the Elderly
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2006
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The current situation and problems of elderly care in Turkey are overviewed in this article. Ageing is an emerging phenomenon in the World and Turkey and contributing to a change in the country's age group composition. Elderly patients with chronic health problems are a common presentation in general practice. The family physicians, who take clinical education on geriatrics during their residency, can play an important role for the primary health care of the elderly and for the health care given in the geriatric care centers. Asa a result this will help the improvment of geriatrics and family medicine disciplines.
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18
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11
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61
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64