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It is an honor to participate in this exciting venture by sharing some thoughts and reflections on the changing attitudes and approaches to the care of our elder patients who present with disorders or symptoms in the ear, nose, oral cavity, throat, and eye. Since the publication of the previous volume of this text in 2001, there have unquestionably been advances in the technical capabilities in all of these areas. However, with the population aged over 65 projected to increase from 39 million in 2009 to 70 million in 2020 and with the elderly currently comprising over 40% of medical specialty care, we have a mandate to include training in all medical and surgical aspects of geriatric care in our programs in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education.
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Lucente, F.E. (2011). Invited Commentary. In: Rosenthal, R., Zenilman, M., Katlic, M. (eds) Principles and Practice of Geriatric Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6999-6_40
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