Nicholl / Wilson Lecture Notes

Elderly Care Medicine
8. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-44070-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Lecture Notes

Elderly Care Medicine Lecture Notes provides all thenecessary information, within one short volume, for a soundintroduction to the particular characteristics and needs of elderlypatients.
Presented in a user-friendly format, combining readabilitywith high-quality illustrations, this eighth edition has beenthoroughly revised to reflect advances in knowledge on how diseasepresents in elderly people, and changes in management practice,particularly regarding stroke, dementia, delirium, and cancer.
New for this edition, Elderly Care Medicine LectureNotes also features:
* More treatment tables and boxes throughout for rapid accessand revision
* Expansion of material on polypharmacy and prescribing
* Discussion of emotional support, counselling andspirituality
* Advice for doctors on breaking bad news and end-of-lifecare
* Consideration of ethical and legal issues
A companion website at www.lecturenoteseries.com/elderlycaremedfeatures appendices which can be used as guidelines in a clinicalsetting, key revision points for each chapter, further readingsuggestions, and extended content for specialty training ingeriatrics.
Not only is this book a great starting point to support initialteaching on the topic, but it is also easy to dip in and out of forreference or revision at the end of a module, rotation or finalexams. Whether you need to develop or refresh your knowledgeof geriatrics, Elderly Care Medicine Lecture Notes presents'need to know' information for all those involved in treatingelderly people.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nicholl, Claire G.

Wilson, K. Jane

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, vi
Abbreviations, vii
1 The world grows old, 1
2 Health and social care for elderly people in the UK, 11
3 Special features of medicine in the elderly, 30
4 Old age psychiatry, 44
5 Falls and immobility, 63
6 Bones, joints and muscles, 77
7 Stroke made simple, 91
8 Other diseases of the nervous system, 105
9 Cardiovascular disorders, 119
10 Respiratory disease, 137
11 Gastrointestinal disease and nutrition, 148
12 Disorders of homeostasis and metabolism, 169
13 Genitourinary disease, 178
14 Blood and bone marrow, 191
15 Eyes, ears, mouth and skin, 203
16 Legal and ethical aspects of medical care of elderly people, 220
17 Palliative care, 231
Index, 241

Über Autor(innen)

Claire G. Nicholl is Consultant Physician and Associate Lecturer, Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
K. Jane Wilson is Consultant Physician and Associate Lecturer, Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge