Office care geriatrics
By: edited by Thomas Rosenthal, Mark Williams, Bruce Naughton.
Contributors: Rosenthal, Thomas.; Williams, Mark E.; Naughton, Bruce.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 604
Subjects: Geriatrics.; Primary care (Medicine); Geriatrics -- methods.; Aging -- physiology.; Health Services for the Aged.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The approach to the elderly patient / Mark E. Williams; title: Principles of care for older persons / Mudanai Sabapathy and Bruce J. Naughton; title: Office-based caregiver support / Jane M. Thibault and James G. O'Brien; title: Rational drug therapy in the elderly / Robert L. Dickman; title: Pain control / Michael P. Temporal; title: Loss and bereavement in the elderly / Donald Bartlett; title: Management of the surgical patient / Peter Pompei; title: Substance abuse / Robert Mallin; title: Elder abuse: it shouldn't hurt to be old / Patricia A. Bomba; title: Weight loss in the elderly patient / Russell G. Robertson; title: Visual impairment in the elderly / Shahriar Farzad, David Sarraf, and Anne L. Coleman; title: Hearing difficulty / Roseanne C. Berger; title: Dizziness, syncope, and falls in the elderly / Richard Brunader; title: Low back pain in the elderly / Kim Edward LeBlanc; title: Urinary disorders / Richard J. Ackermann; title: Sexual function and the older adult / Fran E. Kaiser; title: Evaluation and treatment of depression / Robin R. Whitebird et al; title: Delirium / Sidney T. Bogardus, Jr; title: Chronic memory impairment / Thomas C. Rosenthal; title: Sleep disorders / Tarannum Alam and Cathy A. Alessi; title: Schizophrenia and anxiety in late age / Kim Griswold; title: Musculoskeletal problems in the elderly / Kim Edward LeBlanc; title: Metabolic bone disease / Ailleen Heras-Herzig and Theresa A. Guise; title: Hypertension and lipid disorders / Vinod Patel and Thomas C. Rosenthal; title: Peripheral arterial disease / Gregory S. Cherr; title: Cardiac disease / Tarek Helmy, Amar D. Patel, and Nanette Wenger; title: Heart failure / Richard W. Pretorius; title: Cerebrovascular disease and stroke / William D. Smucker; title: Tremor / Lesley Wilkinson, Carol Stewart, and Nancy Tyre; title: Pulmonary disease in the elderly / Eleanor M. Summerhill; title: Renal function and failure / Robert D. Lindeman; title: Gynecology and breast disease / Barbara A. Majeroni; title: Diabetes and thyroid disorders in the elderly / Sara E. Young, Richelle J. Koopman, and Arch G. Mainous, III; title: Immune and inflammatory disease in older adults / David R. Thomas; title: Oral conditions / Jude A. Fabiano; title: Common dermatologic conditions in aging / Charles A. Cefalu; title: Prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers: an evidence-based approach / Robert E. Pieroni; title: Neoplastic disease / Kenneth G. Schellhase; title: Hematology / Gerald L. Logue; title: Common infections in the elderly / Wm. A. Woolery and Stephen J. Evans; title: Common gastrointestinal disorders in the elderly / Kristen M. Robson and Tony Lembo.