Medicine
- Geriatric Depression Scale, a simple, self-administered assessment of depression among the elderly.
- Global Deterioration Scale, a standardized system of evaluating the progression of dementia, specifically in Alzheimer's Disease.
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Famous quotes containing the word medicine:
“He said that private practice in medicine ought to be put down by law. When I asked him why, he said that private doctors were ignorant licensed murders.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
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—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“Good medicine is bitter to the taste.”
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