Surgery and the Geriatric Patient, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

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This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, Guest Edited by Drs. Frederick Luchette and Robert D. Barraco, is devoted to Surgery and the Geriatric Patient. Articles in this issue include: Changing Epidemiology of the American Population; Frailty and Prognostication in Geriatric Surgery and Trauma; Utilization of Geriatric Consultation and Team-Based Care; Palliative Care and Geriatric Surgery; Transitions of Care in Geriatric Medicine; Surgical Oncology and the Geriatric Patient; Orthopedic Surgery and the Geriatric Patient; Vascular Surgery and the Geriatric Patient; Elder Abuse; Falls in the Geriatric Population; Driving in the Geriatric Population; and Suicide and the Geriatric Population.

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By Fred A. Luchette, MD, MSc, Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chief of Surgical Services, Hines VA, Hines, IL and Robert D. Barraco, Chief, Section of Geriatric Trauma Surgery, Trauma-Surgical Critical Care/General Surgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA