Is the WHO Definition of Health Aging Well? Frameworks for "Health" After Three Score and Ten

Affiliations

¹ Cara Kiernan Fallon is with the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Jason Karlawish is with the Departments of Medicine, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, and Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

Cara Kiernan Fallon et al. Am J Public Health. 2019 Aug.

. 2019 Aug;109(8):1104-1106.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305177.

¹ Cara Kiernan Fallon is with the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Jason Karlawish is with the Departments of Medicine, Medical Ethics and Health Policy, and Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

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