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1 Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Coimbatore-44, IN
Source
Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research, Vol 2, No 3 (2012), Pagination: 160-162
Abstract
Geriatrics is the branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases in older people and problems specific to ageing. From the Greek "geron" meaning "old man" + "iatreia" meaning the treatment of diseases.