Management of patients with Alzheimer's and related dementias
By: Carl Eisdorfer, Edwin J. Olsen, guest editors
Contributors: Eisdorfer, Carl; Olsen, Edwin J
Series: The Medical clinics of North America -- v.78, no.4; Medical clinics of North America -- v.78, no.4
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 940
Subjects: Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Care; Dementia -- Patients -- Care
Notes: "July 1994"

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: value: Evaluation of the demented patient / Carl Eisdorfer ... [et al.]; value: A primary care checklist for effective family management / Donna Cohen; value: The use of psychotropic medication in the management of problem behaviors in the patient with Alzheimer's disease / Adam J. Sky and George T. Grossberg; value: Depression coexisting with dementia : evaluation and treatment / Beverly N. Jones and Burton V. Reifler; value: The management of other psychiatric states : hallucinations, delusions, and other disturbances / J. Pierre Loebel and Adrian Leibovici; value: Behavioral approaches for managing patients with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders / R. Nacken Gugel; value: Community resources and the management of dementia patients / Carl Eisdorfer; value: Ethical and legal issues in the care of Alzheimer's patients / Panagiota V. Caralis; value: Federal regulations and the care of patients with dementia in the nursing home / Joel E. Streim and Ira R. Katz; value: Emerging drugs for Alzheimer's disease : mechanisms of action and prospects for cognitive enhancing medications / Lon S. Schneider and Pierre N. Tariot