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Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine, Vol. 2

Author: M. S. J. Pathy
Published: June 1998
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
ISBN: 0471963488
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 1688
 
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International experts have created, in a single volume, the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference source available on the medicine of old age. This edition has been rewritten to include 50% new material, with extensive updating and revision of the remainder of the book. The four main divisions--scientific, psychosocial, health promotion and health care delivery--cover a wide range of subjects including rehabilitation, nutrition and mental fitness and housing as well as the clinical aspects of each system in the body. Reflects the considerable advances made in the fields of neurology, psychiatry, pharmacology, communication disorders, nutrition and biochemistry. In addition, it places more emphasis on preventive medicine, community care, economics and management.


Table of Contents:

Partial table of contents:
HUMAN AGEING.
Immunity and Ageing.
Physiology of Ageing.
The Psychology of Ageing.
AGEING AND SOCIETY.
The Demography of Ageing.
Social and Community Aspects of Ageing.
Elder Abuse.
MEDICINE IN OLD AGE.
Alcohol in Old Age.
The Older Driver.
Functional Scales.
Definition and Aims.
Oral Disease.
Nutrition.
Obesity.
Disorders of the Stomach.
Blood Dyscrasias.
Cardiac Arrhythymias.
Hypertension.
Cardiac Surgery.
Atherosclerosis.
Respiratory Diseases.
Ageing in the CNS.
Basal Ganglia Disorders.
Epilepsy.
Strokes.
Entrapment Neuropathy.
Exercise and Ageing.
Muscle Disorders.
Control and Pain.
Vascular Dementia.
Disorders of the Eye.
Gait, Balance and Falls.
Orthopaedic Management.
Osteoporosis.
The Bladder and the Urethra.
Thyroid Disorders.
Diabetes.
Skin Disorders.
Pressure Sores.
Management of the Dying Patients.
Long Term Care.
Ageing in Developing Countries.
Ethical Issues.


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