All you need is love: Yet another social determinant of health

Diane E Meier^{1

2}, R Sean Morrison²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Center to Advance Palliative Care, New York, New York, USA.
² Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.

Editorial

Diane E Meier et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Nov.

. 2021 Nov;69(11):3020-3022.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.17421. Epub 2021 Sep 12.

Diane E Meier^{1

2}, R Sean Morrison²

¹ Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Center to Advance Palliative Care, New York, New York, USA.
² Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.

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The epidemiology of social isolation and loneliness among older adults during the last years of life.
Kotwal AA, Cenzer IS, Waite LJ, Covinsky KE, Perissinotto CM, Boscardin WJ, Hawkley LC, Dale W, Smith AK. Kotwal AA, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Nov;69(11):3081-3091. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17366. Epub 2021 Jul 11. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021. PMID: 34247388 Free PMC article.

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