Geriatric medicine: a brief history
Geriatric medicine: a brief history
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DOI：
10.1136/bmj.315.7115.1075
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发表时间：
1997-10-25
影响因子：
105.7
通讯作者：
Evans, JG
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作者：
Evans, JG
老年一直伴随着我们。古埃及人和《传道书》第12章的作者对晚年常见的残疾都很熟悉。活到我们现在所认为的老年，在古典希腊并不罕见(1)。几个世纪以来，随着生活条件的改善和儿童死亡率的下降，人类的平均寿命增加了；人类的最长寿命在很大程度上是由我们的基因决定的，并将与以往一样。
Old age has always been with us. The ancient Egyptians and the author of the 12th chapter of Ecclesiastes were familiar with the common disabilities of later life. Survival into what we still regard as old age was not unusual in classical Greece (1). The average length of human life has increased over the centuries as living conditions have improved and childhood mortality has fallen; the maximum lifespan of our species is determined largely by our genes and will be the same as it ever was.