Norwich — Dr. Dennis McCullough, a geriatrician and leading proponent of the “slow medicine” movement, died Friday morning in Bar Harbor, Maine. He was 72.
During his more than 40 years in medicine, he held posts in community medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. He also served as the first medical director of Kendal at Hanover, a retirement community that offers long-term care services to seniors.
McCullough was an advocate of slow medicine, in which a team of physicians, nurses and family team up to improve a senior’s care. The approach focused on listening to patients and assessing what services would meet their day-to-day needs.
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