Tatyana Faynberg (left), a Russian immigrant, was interviewed by Tufts medical students, from left, Michael Castellot, Robert Mendenhall, and Peilan Tang in her Brighton housing complex.
(John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)
Doctors urge a focus on geriatrics
Prod medical schools as population ages
Tatyana Faynberg (left), a Russian immigrant, was interviewed by Tufts medical students, from left, Michael Castellot, Robert Mendenhall, and Peilan Tang in her Brighton housing complex.
(John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)
Doctors who specialize in treating the elderly are calling on the nation’s medical schools to require all students to demonstrate competence in treating senior citizens, a change in century-old teaching standards. (Full article: 964 words)
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