ABC of geriatric medicine / edited by Nicola Cooper, Kirsty Forrest, Graham Mulley.
Material type: TextSeries: ABC seriesPublication details: Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, c2009.Description: viii, 80 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781405169424 (pbk.) :
- 9781405169424 (alk. paper)
- 1405169427 (alk. paper)
- 618.97 22
- RC952 .A25 2009
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introducing geriatric medicine / Nicola Cooper and Graham Mulley -- Prescribing in older people / Jon Cooper and Julia Howarth -- Delirium / John Holmes -- Falls / Nicola Cooper -- Bone health / Katrina Topp -- Syncope / Raja Hussain -- Transient ischaemic attack and stroke / Jon cooper -- Dementia / John Wattis and Stephen Curran -- Urinary incontinence / Eileen Burns and Anne Siddle -- Surgical problems in the elderly / Kirsty Forrest and Nicola Cooper -- Rehabilitation / Lauren Ralston and John Young -- Palliative care / Lucy Nicholson and Suzanne Kite -- Discharge planning / Mamoun Elmamoun and Graham Mulley -- Intermediate care / Nicola Turner and Catherine Tandy -- Benefits and social services / John Pearn and Rosemary Young.
Demographic trends confirm what physicians already know - they are spending increasing amounts of time dealing with older patients. This resource provides an introduction to the new and increasing challenges of treating older patients in a variety of settings. Each chapter gives an overview of a key topic in geriatric medicine.
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