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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.

Table of Contents

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

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 15/06/2012
    ISBN13: 9780470654545, 978-0470654545
    ISBN10: 0470654546
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    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.

    Table of Contents

    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

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