Geriatric Medicine offers practical and comprehensive coverage of the diseases, common problems, and medical care of older persons.
Geriatric Medicine will be an all-encompassing, authoritative volume on geriatric medicine, needed more than ever because the over-80 population is the fastest growing age group in the country.
Contents
Basics of Gerontology
- Evidence-Based Medicine and Geriatrics
- Molecular and Biologic Factors in Aging
- Physiology of Aging
- The Demography of Aging
- Epidemiology and Aging
...and chapters 6-8
Changing Context of Care in Geriatric Medicine
- Context of Care
- The Long and the Short of Long-Term Care
- The Geriatrician in the Nursing Home
- Home Care
- Acute Hospital Care
Clinical Approaches to the Geriatric Patient
- Clinical Approach to the Older Patient: An Overview
- Chronic Disease Management
- Prevention
- Instruments to Assess Functional Status
- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Systems Approaches to Geriatric Care
...and chapters 19-23
Palliative Care
- Old Age and Care Near the End of Life
- Doctor-Patient Communication Issues
- Care Near the Communication Issues
- Sources of Suffering in the Elderly
- Acute and Chronic Pain
...and chapters 29-30
Medical Care—Section A: Cancer in the Elderly
- The Science of Neoplasia and Its Relationship to Aging
- Screening for Cancer
- Breast Cancer
- Colon Cancer and Other Gastrointestinal Malignancies
- Lung Cancer
...and chapters 36-38
Section B: Organ System Disease and Disorders
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Hypertension
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Rheumatologic Diseases
- Skeletal Fragility in the Elderly
...and chapters 44-61
Section C: Common Problems in Older Adults
- Dietary Supplements for Geriatric Patients
- Urinary Incontinence
- Syncope in the Elderly
- Management of Chronic Wounds
- Falls
...and chapters 67-73
Neurologic and Psychiatric Disorders
- Dementia
- Neurobiologic Basis of Age-Related Dementing Disorders
- Delirium
- Cerebrovascular Disease and Stroke
- Abnormalities of Posture and Movement
...and chapters 79-80
Ethics and Health Policy Issues for Older Adults
- Mechanisms of Paying for Health Care
- Justice and the Allocation of Health Care Resources
- Medical Treatment and the Physician's Legal Duties
- Determination of Decision-Making Capacity
- Ethical and Policy Issues in End-of-Life Care
- Ethical Challenges to Research in Geriatric Medicine
Index
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