Talk:Geriatrics

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Article seems overly focused on UK version of geriatrics, rather than a more generic description of it. Glacialfury (talk) 23:55, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Geriatrics vs. Health Care of the Elderly

As a medical student in the UK, I have recently been told that we are to refer to geriatrics/health care of the elderly as Health Care of the Elderly, as is has fewer connotations and is deemed to be less insulting to patients. I see that there is currently no wikipedia page called Health Care of the Elderly, so would like to propose two points:

Unfortunately, I can't find any sources to back up this potential change in nom-culture, but I've not had the time to look very deeply at all. Opinions, anyone?Ged3000 (talk) 14:16, 18 May 2008 (UTC) (edit to improve formatting, Ged3000 (talk) 14:16, 18 May 2008 (UTC))

I think option 1 is best, since geriatrics is a clearly defined medical field. The term you suggest is not used in many other countries, which is a problem for option 2. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 15:55, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
I think I'd agree. A quick google search didn't show up anything suggesting that there was a government movement to change the name in the UK, and nothing else on the matter really... I must've misunderstood/misheard whoever it was who told me that initially. Thanks! Ged3000 (talk) 17:36, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
I see that you've created the redirect page, thankyou. I've added "Health Care of the Elderly" to the start of the introduction paragraph - I hope this is deemed appropriate. Ged3000 (talk) 19:18, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
I've created a new page Health Care of the Elderly that hard redirects to Geriatrics. Not sure what became of previous. Nk.sheridan   Talk 00:58, 26 May 2008 (UTC)