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Keywords: Elderly, Diagnosis, Subspecialty, Medicine, Parkinson

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Diagnosis and treatment of general medical conditions. Specialization in the primary care of all age groups.

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Refers to a specialist area of medicine, practiced by a doctor known as a Geriatrician.

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Diagnosis and medical treatment of any condition of the elderly.

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Diagnosis and treatment of problems of the elderly.

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Physicians in this specialty deal with the aging process and illness in the elderly. Disorders treated include Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and incontinence.

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the treatment of disorders of the elderly. Geriatrics is a subspecialty of either internal medicine or family practice.

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The prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and disorders of the elderly.

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The study of aging and the treatment of problems in the elderly frequently addressing the psychological and social aspects of aging, in addition to the physical aspects.

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