A National Agenda for Research on Aging

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 324; no. 25; pp. 1825 - 1828
• Main Authors: Lonergan, Edmund T, Krevans, Julius R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 20.06.1991
• Subjects: Age; Aged - psychology; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical research; Charitable trusts; Chronic illnesses; Clinical Trials as Topic; Committees; Delivery of Health Care; Disability; Disease prevention; Ethics, Medical; Gene expression; Geriatrics - education; Health Priorities; Health Services for the Aged; Health Services Needs and Demand; Health Services Research; Humans; Knowledge; Medical sciences; Medicine; Older people; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Quality of life; Research funding; Research Support as Topic; Social Problems; United States; United States; Human; Research program; United States; Scientific research; Ageing; America; North America; Public health
• ISSN: 0028-4793; 1533-4406
• DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199106203242527

ON June 12, 1991, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences released a report delineating a national agenda for research on aging.* In this report, a committee of 18 national leaders in health care identified national priorities for research on aging for the next 20 years and estimated the resources required to implement the research agenda. The committee also listed areas of research that would improve knowledge of the basic processes of aging and maximize the ability to function and the quality of life of older persons. The committee was aided by documents created by 63 outstanding . . .