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From the Editors’ Desk: Growing Old in America: Lessons From Our Japanese Obaachan

Author: Mitchell D. Feldman, MD, MPhil

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 5/2012

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All developed nations face the challenges brought on by an aging population coupled with shrinking health care resources. In Japan, where I have been living for the past 8 months as a Fulbright research scholar, the population aged 65 years and older now stands at 23%, the highest proportion of any nation in the world. By 2050, this figure is expected to rise to 40%; an astounding statistic given that as recently as 1990 only 12% of the Japanese population was over 65 years of age. …

Title: From the Editors’ Desk: Growing Old in America: Lessons From Our Japanese Obaachan
Author: Mitchell D. Feldman, MD, MPhil
Publication date: 01-05-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 5/2012
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-012-2028-2

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