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Role of Caregivers and Geriatricians in Dementia
TO THE EDITOR:
It is paradoxical that Covinsky's editorial (1) on better approaches for dementia care is sandwiched between 2 articles on career decisions of internal medicine residents during training (2, 3). Although the latter articles focused on general internal medicine, I noted the percentage of medicine residents who were interested in geriatrics: Fewer than 1% of residents envisioned geriatrics as a career path when they started residency training. As an academic geriatrician, I am perturbed by this appalling figure. It clearly reflects our society's attitude to our elderly …
