Article ID: CBB000900119

History of Geriatrics in Canada (2007)

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Specialization is a pervasive movement in medicine. How specialties develop is a complex phenomenon and does not depend solely on the growth of knowledge. The history of geriatrics in Canada is presented as an example of specialization in our country. The gestation period extended over decades. Practitioners moved from partial specialization to a full-time practice in the care of older patients. Opposition to the emerging specialty was mounted by established fields of practice. The choices made by the leaders of Canadian geriatrics molded the evolution of the specialty and have contributed to its precarious status at the present time

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Authors & Contributors
Weisz, George M.
Leeming, William
Casper, Stephen T.
Boele, Anita
De Moor, Tine
Arjan de Visser
Concepts
Specialization
Discipline formation
Medicine
Medical specialties
Cross-national comparison
Medical education and teaching
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
Early modern
Modern
Places
Canada
United States
Netherlands
Germany
France
Great Britain
Institutions
Tübingen. Universität
Rockefeller Foundation
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Md.)
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