Y. Ouchi, H. Rakugi, H. Arai, M. Akishita, Hideki Ito, K. Toba, I. Kai
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This paper aims to provide a history of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology in Japan from 1950 to 2000, a period chosen in order to explore its roots as well as specific cases up to and including World War II.
Abstract
Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Associations Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan Department of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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OUCHI, Y., et al. Redefining the elderly as aged 75 years and older: Proposal from the joint committee of Japan gerontological society and the Japan geriatrics society. Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 2017, 17: 1045–1047.