Reichel’s Care of the Elderly: Clinical Aspects of Aging 6th Edition

The sixth edition of Reichel’s Care of the Elderly: Clinical Aspects of Aging remains the pioneering text for the practicing physician confronted with the unique problems of an increasingly elderly population. Dr. William Reichel’s formative text is designed as a practical and useful guide for health specialists from medical students to practicing physicians. This book is not a collection of subspecialty chapters but rather emphasizes the clinical management of the geriatric patient with simple to complex problems. The editors have reviewed every chapter and have included the most up-to-date advances in the care of the elderly. New topics include hormonal therapy in postmenopausal women, drug therapy for Alzheimer sufferers, alternative medicine, the chronic understaffing of nursing homes, management of delirium, and ethical issues. The targeted audience is not only the geriatric specialist, but also medical and allied health practitioners who need practical and relevant information in a comprehensive format.

About the Author

• Christine Arenson (MD, Jefferson Medical College) is Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine, and Co-Director of the Jefferson InterProfessional Education Center at Thomas JeffersonUniversity, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Arenson is also the Director of the Eastern Pennsylvania–Delaware Geriatric Education Center. Dr. Arenson practices family and geriatric medicine at Jefferson Family Medicine Associates at the Philadelphia Senior Center.
• Jan Busby-Whitehead (MD,University ofTexasMedical Branch at Galveston) is Associate Director for Clinical Affairs and Co-Director of the Carolina Program for Healthcare and Aging at theUniversity ofNorthCarolina School ofMedicine. She is also a Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for Aging and Health there.
• Kenneth Brummel-Smith (MD, University of Southern California School ofMedicine) is Charlotte EdwardsMaguire Professor and Chair of the Department of Geriatrics at Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida. Dr. Brummel-Smith is past president of the American Geriatrics Society.
• James G. O’Brien (MD, University College, Dublin, Ireland) is Professor and Margaret Dorward Smock Endowed Chair in Geriatric Medicine, Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Geriatrics, and Medical Director of the Geriatric Medicine Center at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky.
• Mary H. Palmer (PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health; BSN, University of Maryland School of Nursing) is Professor and Helen W. and Thomas L. Umphlet Distinguished Professor in Aging at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Nursing. Dr. Palmer is also Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Aging Research: Uniting Scientists at the University of North Carolina.
• William Reichel, MD, is Editor Emeritus of Reichel’s Care of the Elderly: Clinical Aspects of Aging, 6th edition. Dr. Reichel is an affiliated scholar of the Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. Dr. Reichel has published extensively on geriatric and family medicine and is a pioneer of the study of aging.

Contents
1 Essential Principles in the Care of the Elderly
2 Assessment of the Older Patient
3 Prevention for Older Adults
4 Common Complaints in the Elderly
5 Appropriate Use of Medications in the Elderly
6 Nutrition and Aging
7 Using Exercise as Medicine for Older Adults
8 Diabetes Mellitus in the Older Adult
9 Lipid Management in Older Patients
10 Hypertension
11 Diagnosis and Management of Heart Disease in the Elderly
12 Peripheral Arterial Disease in the Elderly
13 Stroke in the Older Adult
14 Neurological Problems in the Elderly
15 Recognition and Management of Delirium
16 Evaluation and Management of Dementia
17 Clinical Geropsychiatry
18 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse in Older Patients
19 Aging in Adults with Developmental Disabilities
20 Pulmonary Issues in the Elderly
21 Gastroenterological Disease in the Older Adult
22 Serious Infections in the Elderly
23 Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Elderly
24 Principles of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance and Renal Disorders in the Older Patient
25 Urological Issues in Older Adults
26 Urinary Incontinence
27 Geriatric Gynecology
28 Disorders of the Endocrine Glands
29 Osteoporosis and Other Metabolic Disorders of the Skeleton in Aging
30 Common Rheumatic Diseases in the Elderly
31 Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Elderly
32 Foot Health for the Elderly: Podogeriatric Overview
33 Geriatric Dermatology
34 Pressure Ulcers: Practical Considerations in Prevention and Treatment
35 Anemia and Other Hematological Problems of the Elderly
36 Cancer in the Elderly
37 Eye Problems of the Aged
38 Geriatric Ear, Nose, and Throat Problems
39 Geriatric Dentistry
40 Surgical Principles in the Aged
41 Rehabilitation in Older Adults
42 Community-Based Long-Term Care
43 Institutional Long-Term Care
44 Care for the Elderly Patient at the End of Life
45 Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity
46 Injuries in Older Adults
47 The Mistreatment of Older Adults
48 Driving and the Older Adult
49 Integrative Medicine in the Care of the Elderly
50 Successful Aging: Optimizing Strategies for Primary Care Geriatrics
51 Cell Biology and Physiology of Aging
52 Implications of an Aging Society
53 Ethnogeriatrics
54 Retirement
55 Geriatric Sexuality
56 The Elderly, Their Families, and Their Caregivers
57 Systematic Approaches to Preventing Errors in the Care of the Elderly
58 Health Care Organization and Financing
59 Advance Care Planning: Values and Families in End-of-Life Care
60 Ethical Decision Making in Geriatric Medicine
Index

Book Details

• Hardcover: 656 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 6th edition (February 9, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521869293
• ISBN-13: 978-0521869294
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 1.8 inches

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