老年医学
老人医学（英语：Geriatrics）是医学的一个分支，主要专注于老人的健康关顾。老人医学包括了预防医学和健康教育，亦有包括治疗年长成人的疾病（老人病）与失能。
老人医学是一个从内科医学分拆出来的医学分支，就如同过往小儿医学从成人的内科医学分支，以及新生医学从小儿医学分拆出来一般[1]。不过，实际上一个病者是否交由老人医学的医师治理，是由病者的问题决定，而不是病者的年龄。
参考文献
- ^ Geriatrics separation from internal medicine. [2009-10-29]. （原始内容存档于2009-01-14）.
延伸阅读
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