Prospect and Present of Geriatric field in Clinical Medicine

ABSTRACT

To develop the specialty of geriatric medicine which pursues a comprehensive medical care from the trend of superspecialization of modern medical science, it is hard job to take a triangular position in area of expertise. The speed of entering aged society is so fast in Korea, the spare time to prepare multiple problems that found aged society is not enough. So, geriatric medicine should do important role, from fundamental research of aging and degenerative disease which is caused by aging, research for developing efficient treatment mo- dality for multi-problem elderly patients for preserving good functional status, research for growing evidence in clinical geriatric care, to research about health care system. Geriatric medicine suited in demand of like this society, and as a part of medical science, the effort of specialized research for improving elderly care, and the effort with a professionalization of geriatric field, should be continued.