We have been blessed in this country by a number of Brits who came over here and who have played leadership roles. The people who have come into the field have been excellent, both the imports and the local people who have been attracted to the field. We've been lucky that the geriatricians are very good, as good as you'll find anywhere; there just aren't enough of them. We have tended to use them as resources to deal with the more difficult problems, because there never will be enough. Again, you have to insert into the generic training of virtually all the specialties and subspecialities the idea that they're going to see more and more older people, and that they should think about prevention in particular.
On March 4th, 2008. See this statement in context.