title: [Geriatric department].
abstract: The medicolegal, health and organisational aspects of the department introduced by law into the Italian hospital structure are examined. A comparison is made with the proposals made in the single national contract for hospital workers. An account is given of the Senior Citizen's Department set up at Trieste, in the light of the city's demographic and socioeconomic situation.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D005853:Geriatrics; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy
vernacular_title: Il dipartimento dell'anziano