The geriatrician will intervene late in the day, when pathology is becoming evident, and the geriatrician will try and hold back the sands of time, and stop the accumulation of side effects from causing the pathology quite so soon.
O geriatra vai intervir no final, quando a patologia se tornar evidente, e o gerontologista vai tentar minimizar o impacto, e impedir que o acúmulo de efeitos colaterais faça surgir a patologia tão cedo.