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care of aging patients. Geriatricians and primary car<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=1"> EMRs: OBSTACLES TO MEANINGFUL USE IN GERIATRICS </a>
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<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=6"> ALZHEIMER'S UPDATE </a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=7"> says researchers (herself and other groups) have </a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=8"> NUTRITION DEALING WITH DYSPHAG</a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=9"> small piece of a cookie or cracker. The assessmen</a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=10"> Persistent PAIN << Three keys to effective pa</a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=11"> Pain, defined as an unpleasant sensory and </a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=12"> should be performed on any patient presenting wit</a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=13"> “Rational polypharmacy” may be necessary for pati</a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=14"> All physicians have a responsibility to ensure</a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=15"> MENTAL HEALTHPHYSICAL HEALTH The Magazi</a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=16"> THE NEED TO KNOW Alternative Medicine and Your Pa</a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=17"> F rom the use of acu</a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=18"> Mackenzie also recommends massage for older </a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=19"> have no qualms about telling patients to meditate</a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=20"> Costs and the absence of compelling incentives to</a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=21"> “EMRs and EHRs [electronic health records] r</a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=22"> often. “It will decrease repeating the same infor</a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=23"> Another danger of attempting to force a stru</a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=24"> A FOREVER DECISION By Lenora Dannelke 24 </a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=25"> Older patients with kidney failure need to be awa</a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=26"> in patient support, addressing both physical and </a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=27"> While some patients are willing to accept those p</a>
<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=28"> the clinic. When that became too expensive, Bergm</a>
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<a title="Winter 2011 - Aging Well page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/4afbcb6c?page=34"> VINTAGE VOICES WHEN ALZHEIMER'S ST</a>
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