## Abstract During the past 30 years the knowledge base of geriatric psychiatry has grown exponentially to replace the folklore and myths which for many years pervaded the as yet undefined field of geriatric psychiatry. The advances in geriatric psychiatry, as with many areas of medicine, have been
Geriatric Psychiatry: Evolution of an Inpatient Unit
โ Scribed by Robert W. Grant; David A. Casey
- Book ID
- 110407770
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 267 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-3289
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