The Way We Age Now by Atul Gawande focuses on the importance of the care geriatricians provide, and yet how society tends to avoid it. Patients enjoy expensive medical equipment feeding their hope that the “troubles of the body can be fixed for good.” Students avoid going into the practice of geriatrics too because the pay is not as gratifying as it would be if they became a plastic surgeon or radiologist.
However, the duties of geriatricians are so simple and focused that they can actually prolong the health and independence of elders, therefore, keeping them out of long-term care. Gawande mentions, “...whether we admit it or not, most doctors don’t like taking care of the elderly.”
Felix Silvestrone, a national leader in geriatrics for 5
However, the duties of geriatricians are so simple and focused that they can actually prolong the health and independence of elders, therefore, keeping them out of long-term care. Gawande mentions, “...whether we admit it or not, most doctors don’t like taking care of the elderly.”
Felix Silvestrone, a national leader in geriatrics for 5