This is the geriatric frontier, where rules of care for the mature bodies of men and women, many of whom have chronic diseases, are being redefined by a multidisciplinary approach to health care that focuses on more than the ailment of the day.
Outside a room at Vanderbilt University Medical Center's new Acute Care for the Elderly unit, a string of white coats circled up for rounds.
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