TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nicholl,Claire
AU  - Wilson,K.Jane
AU  - Webster,Stephen
TI  - Elderly care medicine
T2  - Lecture notes
SN  - 9781405157124 (pbk.) :
U1  - 618.9'7 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Blackwell
KW  - Geriatrics
KW  - Aged
N1  - Previous ed.: published as Lecture notes on geriatric medicine. 2004; Includes bibliographical references and index; The world grows old -- Health and social care for elderly people in the UK -- Special features of medicine in the elderly -- Old age psychiatry -- Falls and immobility -- Bones, muscles and joints -- Stroke made simple -- Other diseases of the nervous system -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Respiratory disease -- Gastrointestinal disease and nutrition -- Disorders of homeostasis and metabolism -- Genitourinary disease -- Blood and bone marrow -- Eyes, ears and skin -- Legal and ethical aspects of medical care of elderly people -- Palliative care
N2  - How and why does dealing with older people differ from the treatment of younger age groups? This volume explains how and why the physiological changes of aging affect the presentation and treatment of disease, and addresses the role of rehabilitation
ER  -