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Subject(s)

• Geriatrics [Browse]
• Gerontology [Browse]

Related name

• Price, James [Browse]
• Smith, Sarah [Browse]

Series

Oxford Medical Handbooks [More in this series]

Summary note

In an ageing population, geriatric medicine has become central to general practice, and to emergency and general internal medicine in the hospital setting. Diseases are more common in the older person, and can be particularly difficult to assess and to treat effectively in a field that has limited evidence, yet makes up a substantial proportion of the work of most clinicians. Fully updated, this second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Geriatric Medicine includes all theinformation required to deliver effective geriatric care. Guidance is given on a range of key treatment areas, indicating whe

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Cover; Contents; Symbols and abbreviations; 1 Ageing; 2 Organizing geriatric services; 3 Clinical assessment of older people; 4 Rehabilitation; 5 Falls and funny turns; 6 Drugs; 7 Neurology; 8 Stroke; 9 Psychiatry; 10 Cardiovascular; 11 Chest medicine; 12 Gastroenterology; 13 Renal medicine; 14 Homeostasis; 15 Endocrinology; 16 Haematology; 17 Musculoskeletal system; 18 Pressure injuries; 19 Genitourinary medicine; 20 Incontinence; 21 Ears; 22 Eyes; 23 Skin; 24 Infection and immunity; 25 Malignancy; 26 Death and dying; 27 Ethics; 28 Finances; Appendix: Further Information; Index; A; B; C; D

ISBN

• 0-19-174081-0
• 1-283-57727-5
• 9786613889720
• 0-19-162999-5

OCLC

806325624

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