Psychosocial Concerns In the Medical Encounter: A Comparison of the Interactions of Doctors with Their Old and Young Patients

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Journal Article Psychosocial Concerns In the Medical Encounter: A Comparison of the Interactions of Doctors with Their Old and Young Patients Get access Michele G. Greene, DrPH, Michele G. Greene, DrPH Assistant Professor 2Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, N. Y. 11210 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Susie Hoffman, MPH, Susie Hoffman, MPH Research Associate 3Division of General Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia UniversityNew York, N.Y. 10032 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Rita Charon, MD, Rita Charon, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine 4Division of General Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia UniversityNew York, N.Y. 10032 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Ronald Adelman, MD Ronald Adelman, MD Assistant Professor of Geriatrics 5Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of MedicineNew York, N.Y. 10029 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar The Gerontologist, Volume 27, Issue 2, April 1987, Pages 164–168, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/27.2.164 Published: 01 April 1987