Elderly medicine
Subtitle: a training guide
By: edited by Gurcharan S. Rai and Graham P. Mulley
Publisher: Martin Dunitz; Distributed in the USA by Taylor & Francis
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; Florence, KY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9780203214312
Subjects: Aging; Gerontology; Geriatrics; Nursing; MEDICAL; Physiology; Methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Biological ageing; title: its relevance to geriatricians; title: Social gerontology; title: Clinical ageing; title: Developing and planning services; title: Community geriatric care; title: Medical ethics and the law; title: Urinary incontinence; title: Falls and instability; title: Orthogeriatric care; title: Palliative care; title: Old age psychiatry; title: Rehabilitation; title: Practical management of stroke; title: The management of Parkinson's disease; title: Syncope and dizziness; title: Gait disorders in the elderly; title: When to treat hypertension? (When the benefits outweigh the risks); title: Abdominal aortic aneurysms; title: The management of atrial fibrillation; title: Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; title: Tuberculosis; title: Respiratory rehabilitation; title: Oral health; title: Faecal incontinence, soiling and constipation; title: Prostate diseases in the elderly man; title: Urinary tract infections; title: Sexuality and ageing; title: Management of osteoporosis; title: Painful still shoulder after stroke; title: Foot disorders; title: Cancer in old age; title: Ophthalmology; title: Hearing disorders; title: Pruritus; title: Leg ulcers; title: Clinical aspects of pressure sores; title: Preventing infections: Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI), Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and influenza and pneumococcal bacteraemia; title: Nutrition; title: Percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy (PEG) feeding; title: Education; title: All you need to know about management in one chapter; title: Preparing for a consultant post; title: How to be a successful consultant; title: Making the most of information technology (IT); title: Professional issues; title: Research and audit; title: A specialist bibliography in elderly medicine.