title: The way we age now: medicine has increased the ranks of the elderly. Can it make old age any easier?
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School.
authors.forename: Atul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gawande
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000941:ethics* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution / Q000639:trends; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D016852:Housing for the Elderly; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology