Elderly Care Medicine Lecture Notes provides all the necessary information, within one short volume, for a sound introduction to the particular characteristics and needs of elderly patients.
Presented in a user-friendly format, combining readability with high-quality illustrations, this eighth edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect advances in knowledge on how disease presents in elderly people, and changes in management practice, particularly regarding stroke, dementia, delirium, and cancer.
A companion website at www.wiley.com/go/lecturenoteselderlycaremed
features appendices which can be used as guidelines in a clinical
setting, key revision points for each chapter, further reading
suggestions, and extended content for specialty training in geriatrics.
Not
only is this book a great starting point to support initial teaching on
the topic, but it is easy to dip in and out of for reference or
revision at the end of a module, rotation or final exams. Whether you
need to develop or refresh your knowledge of geriatrics, Elderly Care
Medicine Lecture Notes presents 'need to know' information for all those
involved in treating elderly people.
New for this edition
- More treatment tables and boxes throughout for rapid access and revision.
- Expansion of material on polypharmacy and prescribing.
- Discussion of emotional support, counselling and spirituality.
- Advice for doctors on breaking bad news and end-of-life care.
- Consideration of ethical and legal issues.
Contents
- 1 The world grows old
- 2 Health and social care for elderly people in the UK
- 3 Special features of medicine in the elderly
- 4 Old age psychiatry
- 5 Falls and immobility
- 6 Bones, muscles and joints
- 7 Stroke made simple
- 8 Other diseases of the nervous system
- 9 Cardiovascular disorders
- 10 Respiratory disease
- 11 Gastrointestinal disease and nutrition
- 12 Disorders of homeostasis and metabolism
- 13 Genitourinary disease
- 14 Blood and bone marrow
- 15 Eyes, ears, mouth and skin
- 16 Legal and ethical aspects of medical care of elderly people
- 17 Palliative care
About the Author
- Claire Nicholl and Jane Wilson are both at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.
Book Details
- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Wiley; 8 edition (July 10, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0470654546
- ISBN-13: 978-0470654545
List Price: $41.50