Older people and epidemics: a call for empathy

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Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy et al. Age Ageing. 2020.

. 2020 Apr 27;49(3):493.

doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaa060.

¹ Weill Cornell Medicine, Qatar - Institute for Population Health, Education City, Al Luqta St, Ar-Rayyan, Doha, Qatar.

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Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; epidemics; older people; stigma.

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