Do physicians spend less time with older patients?

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Published in J Am Geriatr Soc on August 01, 1988

Authors

S E Radecki1, R L Kane, D H Solomon, R C Mendenhall, J C Beck

Author Affiliations

1: Multicampus Division of Geriatric Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine 90024.

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