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2006, Number 3

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Inv Salud 2006; 8 (3)

Geriatric medicine in México

Leal MD, Flores CM, Borboa GC

Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 185-190
PDF size: 450.75 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Prominent physicians had already talked about peculiarities of problems and illness among elderly subjects, but it was not until the beginning of XX century that emerge two disciplines specially devoted to the study of problems in ageing; Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine.
With Ian L, Nascher and Marjory Warren begin Geriatrics as a medical specialty, first in The United Kingdom, and in United States when Veterans Affairs Administration developed Clinical Centers for geriatric assessment.
In Mexico during Spanish colony, the care of elderly was dedicated only to the social and physical handicapped by monastic orders that founded hospices and hospitals to take care of elderly. At the end of XIX and beginning of XX century Mexican government and private groups developed public welfare for elderly. It was not until seventies, last century, which gerontology was important in our country due to an increasing in life span and decreasing in child mortality. Different institutions interested in gerontology were created but geriatrics as a medical specialty emerge only with the first two university programs in Mexico in the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in 1992 and Universidad de Guadalajara in 1995. Most of the Geriatrics services are in Mexico City an the first service founded out of this place was at the Antiguo Hospital Civil de Guadalajara in 1994. History of Geriatrics in Mexico just begins but its future is promissory even when a delay in its development is evident.


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