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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

Elderly Care Medicine

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 15 June 2012
      ISBN-13 9780470654545
      978-0470654545
      ISBN-10 0470654546

      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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