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1 Professor & Head, Department of Geriatric Medicine and Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
2 Associate Professor, School of Nursing, McMaster University, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Diabetes Care and Research Program, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario. Electronic address: dsherif@mcmaster.ca.
3 Professor, Geriatrics and Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec.
1 Professor & Head, Department of Geriatric Medicine and Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
2 Associate Professor, School of Nursing, McMaster University, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Diabetes Care and Research Program, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario. Electronic address: dsherif@mcmaster.ca.
3 Professor, Geriatrics and Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec.