老年医学发展简史

Brief history of development of geriatric medicine

目的老年医学作为一门新兴学科，已成为医学的一个重要分支，具有广阔的发展前景。对老年医学简史的回顾，展示了在东西方不同社会文明与文化背景下，老年医学的萌芽、诞生、概念、范畴，以及不同国家老年医学界在临床、护理、科研、教学、学科建设、学术组织、管理与创新等方面的发展历程。随着全球老龄化的到来，老年医学的机遇与挑战并存。老年医学工作者只有不断汲取老年医学在其发展过程中凝练出来的智慧与经验，勇于更新观念，才能共同促进老年医学的全面发展，使老年医学焕发更加勃勃的生机。

Objective Geriatric medicine has become an important medical subspecialty, and will have broad prospects for development. By reviewing the brief history of geriatric medicine, it displays its emergence, birth, concept and scope under different background of social civilization and culture between western and eastern countries. Moreover, it presents the development courses of geriatric medicine in terms of clinical medicine, nursing, education, disciplinary development, academic organization, management and innovation among different countries. As the world＇s population ages, geriatric medicine is facing both great challenges and opportunities. Only by learning the knowledge and experience from the history and renewing ideas, healthcare professionals can promote the comprehensive development of geriatric medicine, which will be full of vigor and vitality.