Green E W
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1981 Oct;69(4):359-67.
As the elderly population in the United States increases, the consequences for the health care system are significant. The Veterans Administration (VA) has created a Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers program to provide care, support research, and train practitioners in geriatric medicine. Through the participation of the Wadsworth VA Medical Center library in this program, methodologies have been developed for searching National Library of Medicine (NLM) data bases for information on the elderly. These methodologies are described; terms and definitions in geriatrics are explicated; sample search requests are explored; and on-line strategies are indicated. Review and comparison of NLM data bases, as they relate to geriatrics, are offered.
随着美国老年人口的增加，对医疗保健系统的影响重大。退伍军人事务部（VA）设立了老年研究、教育和临床中心项目，以提供护理、支持研究并培训老年医学从业者。通过沃兹沃思VA医疗中心图书馆参与该项目，已开发出在国立医学图书馆（NLM）数据库中搜索有关老年人信息的方法。本文描述了这些方法；阐释了老年医学中的术语和定义；探讨了样本搜索请求；并指明了在线策略。还提供了与老年医学相关的NLM数据库的综述和比较。
