Managing older people in primary care
Subtitle: a practical guide
By: edited by Margot  Gosney and Tess Harris
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780199546589
Subjects: Medical care; Primary care (Medicine); Older people
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Tess Harris; title: Ageing / Christina Victor; title: Clinical assessment / Shaun O'Keeffe; title: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics / Vincent Riley, Tony Avery, and Stephen Jackson; title: Cardiovascular disease / Stephanie Houlder ... [et al.]; title: Stroke and transient ischaemic attack / Janice O'Connell, Michael Norton, and Christopher Gray; title: Neurological problems / John Hindle and Catherine Hindle; title: Respiratory problems / Stephen Allen and Patrick White; title: Gastroenterology / Willie Hamilton and Keith Bodger; title: Diabetes and endocrine problems / Simon Croxson and Roger Gadsby; title: Haematological conditions / David Allsup and Michael Small; title: Locomotor problems in older people / Nada Hassan and David Scott; title: Falls and osteoporosis / Finbarr Martin and Denise Kendrick; title: Kidney problems  / Simon de Lusignan and John Feehally; title: Ear, nose, and throat / Shaun Jackson and Andrew Swift; title: Opthalmic problems / Mark Batterbury and Nicholas Cowland; title: Dermatology / Maggie Kirkup and Diana Bloss; title: Pressure ulceration and leg ulcers / Joseph Grey, Julie Stevens, and Keith Harding; title: Incontinence / Brenda Roe and Asangaedem Akpan; title: Urology / Peter Malone and Christopher Blick; title: Gynaecological problems / Rajesh Varma; title: Psychiatry / David Anderson and Jim George; title: Ethical and legal issues / David Oliver; title: Vulnerable adults / Margot Gosney; title: Palliative care / Louise Robinson and Alexa Clark; title: Care home medicine / Clive Bowman and Emma Bowman; title: Rehabilitation and physical activity / Chris Turnbull and Steve Iliffe; title: Social services, community care, and benefits / Paddy Goslyn and Garry Briggs; title: The voluntary sector / Heather Mercer.