Sounding Board. The illness as the focus of geriatric medicine  

作　　者：M E Williams 

机构地区：[1]不详

出　　处：《四川生理科学杂志》2024年第1期86-86,共1页Sichuan Journal of Physiological Sciences

摘　　要：Understanding the difference between illness and disease is a prerequisite to the care of patients affected by incurable disorders.Educated palliation in the absence of substantive information regarding this discrepancy is the art of medicine.Because elderly patients often present with several chronic diseases,many of which are irreversible,cure-oriented physicians caring for the elderly are especially vulnerable to frequent disappointments.

关 键 词：PATIENTS DISEASES IRREVERSIBLE 

分 类 号：R339.34[医药卫生—人体生理学]