Volume 66 Number 3  May 1999	back to contents

Geriatrics and Rehabilitation Medicine: Common Interests, Common Goals	145 - 151
Richard A. Frieden, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Community Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. Address correspondence to Richard A. Frieden, M.D., Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Box 1240B, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One East 100th Street, New York, NY 10029 or address e-mail to: msjourn@doc.mssm.edu

ABSTRACT
Geriatrics and rehabilitation medicine are both fields with roots in antiquity, and they are both objects of renewed interest in modern times.  They share a common philosophy: concern for the total needs of the patient.  Both fields employ a team approach to patient care.  The rehabilitation medicine physician (physiatrist) has an important role in the care of the elderly.  Geriatricians and physiatrists should work together for research purposes and to improve the prevention and treatment of illness and disability in the aging population.

KEY WORDS
Geriatrics, rehabilitation, exercise

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