Fostering Geriatric Medicine in Europe

• 28/02/2015

People are living longer, partly due to advances in medicine. On the other hand, older people can be seen as a burden on health and social care. Please comment. First, longer lives should be seen as a success story, because it is the result of society being able to provide more healthy conditions throughout the lifespan, but also because we understand better how to postpone age-associated chronic...