Preventive medicine and screening in the elderly: working guidelines

¹Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.

|July 21, 2000

Abstract:

Preventive medicine is an attractive concept, but is insufficiently studied and emphasized, especially regarding the elderly. This working guideline for prevention and screening of common health problems of the elderly is based on existing recommendations and takes into account the continuing controversies and gaps in knowledge and research.

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