Lecture notes on geriatric medicine

Lecture notes on geriatric medicine

With an ever increasing ageing population, medical students need a concise introduction to this challenging client group. The book aims to give the reader an understanding of the physiological changes of ageing and how this results in the presentation and treatment of disease; the role of rehabilita...

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Other Authors: Coni, Nicholas (Editor), Webster, Stephen (Editor), Nicholl, Claire G. (Editor), Wilson, K. Jane (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Malden, Mass. Blackwell Pub. 2003
Edition:Sixth Edition
Subjects:
Geriatrics
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Table of Contents:
  • The world grows old
  • Health and social services 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.

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