An agenda for clinical research in geriatrics

✍ Scribed by Harvey Jay Cohen

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 117 KB
• Volume: 80
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0008-543X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19971001)80:7<1294::aid-cncr15>3.0.co;2-2

✦ Synopsis

problems: those that cause death and those that cause disability. Both types need to be studied. All levels of investigation, from basic clinical research to applied Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Content (GRECC)-Veterans Administration Medical health services research, are needed. Areas of investigation must include the killer Center, Durham, North Carolina; Center for the diseases (cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, and cancer) and disabil-Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke ity-causing conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease and metabolic, genitourinary, University Medical Center, Durham, North Caromusculoskeletal, and special sense disorders. Pharmacotherapeutics and disease lina.

management are also subjects that deserve attention. Problems related to race and gender differences, health services research, and technology development and assessment need to be addressed. Clinical investigators in geriatrics must be recruited and trained, and funding for their activities must be increased. Cancer