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AIDS and the Psychogeriatrician

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Cornelius L. E. Katona
Cornelius L. E. Katona*
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University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London
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It might at first sight appear that old age psychiatrists and geriatricians are relatively well protected from having to deal with the problems of patients suffering from the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It is therefore perhaps surprising that the major article in the newsletter of the American Geriatric Society is devoted to AIDS and concludes that “there is no question that the AIDS epidemic is the most important world wide public health issue of this century”.

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Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists , Volume 12 , Issue 5 , May 1988 , pp. 187 - 189
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