Training in the care of older adults:opportunity knocks for general internal medicine

Editorial

C Seth Landefeld. J Gen Intern Med. 2003 Sep.

. 2003 Sep;18(9):770-1.

doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.30703.x.

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Comment on

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