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The American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
is a professional medical society dedicated to improving the health
and well being of all older persons. The Society's objectives are:
1) to develop, support, and promote the clinical practice of geriatrics
and support practitioners providing such care; 2) to increase the
number of physicians knowledgeable about geriatrics and committed
to the clinical care of the aged; 3) to engage in a vigorous public
policy effort that will result in improved health care for older
people; 4) to promote effective, high quality research that addresses
the health care problems of older people; and 5) to develop and
maintain productive and collaborative relationships with other professional
organizations, provider groups, political and lay organizations
concerned with the health care of older persons.
The AGS position statements, papers,
and guidelines are developed to help accomplish the above goals.
The Society uses these papers to bring important issues in geriatric
education, research, clinical practice, and public policy to the
attention of those working in the field, including policy makers,
legislators, people in the health care industry, clinicians, and
others.
Clinical guidelines are developed
to set practice standards for the medical care of older adults and
curriculum guidelines are developed to stimulate and enhance geriatric
education. With the support of the AGS Washington, D.C. office,
position statements address vital issues of access to quality care,
research expansion and funding, and medical ethics. These papers
serve to educate federal representatives as well as the public and
health care professionals.
The statements are developed by AGS
committee members and special ad hoc work groups, then are approved
by the AGS Board of Directors. The statements are reviewed and updated
every two years to keep pace with the rapidly changing field of
geriatrics. Many AGS position statements and guidelines are published
in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society and the AGS Newsletter.
To order copies of the AGS position
statements, papers, and guidelines, please fill out the order form
on the back.
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