Care of elderly people by the general practitioner and the geriatrician in Belgium: a qualitative study of their relationship

Isabelle Dagneaux1, Isabelle Gilard2, Jan De Lepeleire31Chair of General Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium; 2Geriatric Day Hospital, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium; 3Department of General Practice, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BelgiumObjectives: The care of elderly people is a large part of a general practitioner's work. The growing elderly population means that the medical community must give thought to the management of their care. Within this large field, we focused on the relationship between general pract... Mehr ...