老年医学正日益成为一门得到广泛承认的、系统的学科。然而看一下数字,我们就不得不承认全世界只有几十个专门从事基础老年医学研究的工作者,临床老年病学家还不到300人,但在社会老年医学领域里却有几千名科学家。因为社会老年医学是一门多学科的科学。医疗与医疗辅助人员、社会学家、社会工作者、心理学家、人口统计学家、统计学家、传教士、经济学家、财政金融学家及政治家都关心着这门涉及整个人类的科学的发展。下述五点对社会老年医学具有重要的作用。人口学整个世界都在对无控制的出生率及老年人口数的增长感到担忧。如果维持目前的每年2%的 Geriatrics is increasingly becoming a widely recognized and systematic discipline. However, looking at the figures, we have to admit that there are only a few dozen workers specializing in basic gerontology research in the world with less than 300 clinical gerontologists, but there are thousands of scientists in the field of social geriatrics . Because social geriatrics is a multidisciplinary science. Medical and paramedical workers, sociologists, social workers, psychologists, demographers, statisticians, missionaries, economists, financial financiers and politicians all care about this whole human race Scientific development. The following five points have an important role in social geriatrics. Demography The entire world is concerned about the uncontrolled birth rate and the growth of the elderly population. If you maintain the current 2% per year