Clinical Cases in Geriatric Dermatology

• Main Authors: Norman, Robert A. (Author), Endo, Justin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Clinical Cases in Dermatology
• Subjects: Medicine.; Dermatology.; Geriatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

The demographic imperative has reached the shores of dermatology.  By 2020 those aged 65 years and older will comprise a quarter of the US population, and this percentage will be even more significant in less developed countries. As a specialty, dermatology needs to respond to this unprecedented dem...