title: [30 years of national history. The road to Calvary of clinical geriatrics in the Netherlands].
abstract: First time in 1953 so called chronically ill aged people in The Netherlands, are not only thoroughly examined and treated in a for them specially equipped board in a general hospital (Zonnestraal, Hilversum), but at the same time reactivated with assistance of physio- and ergotherapists and nurses. Only in 1983 clinical geriatrics become officially recognised as a medical specialism. The most important happenings during these thirty years 'Via Dolorosa' are described.
mesh_terms: D005853:Geriatrics / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000266:history; D009426:Netherlands; D013038:Specialization / Q000266:history
vernacular_title: Dertig jaar vaderlandse geschiedenis. De lijdensweg van de klinische geriatrie in Nederland.