Brocklehurst's textbook of geriatric medicine and gerontology
By: edited by Raymond Tallis, Howard Fillit, J.C. Brocklehurst.
Contributors: Tallis, Raymond.; Fillit, Howard.; Brocklehurst, J. C.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Edinburgh; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1683
Subjects: Geriatrics; Gerontology
Other titles: Textbook of geriatric medicine and gerontology.; Geriatric medicine and gerontology.
Notes: Brocklehurst's name appears first on earlier editions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology of aging; title: Future of aging: changing perceptions and realities; title: Theories and general principles of aging; title: Aging and connective tissues; title: Immunology of aging; title: Psychology of aging: introduction; title: Normal and pathological age differences in memory; title: Personality and its attributes; title: Sleep in normal and pathological aging; title: Pharmacology in aging; title: Introduction: presentation of disease in old age; title: Multidimensional geriatric assessment; title: Social assessment of geriatric patients; title: Atherosclerosis and lipid metabolism; title: Pathology of the aging heart; title: Chronic cardiac failure in the elderly; title: Diagnosis and management of ischemic heart disease in the elderly; title: Hypertension; title: Valvular heart disease in old age; title: Cardiac arrhythmias; title: Vascular surgery in old age; title: Venous thrombotic disease; title: neuropathology of old age; title: Cerebral blood flow and autoregulation in the elderly; title: Neurochemistry of the aging brain and dementia; title: Neurological signs in old age; title: Headache and facial pain; title: Falls in the elderly; title: Dementia and delirium in old age.; title: Functional mental disorders of the elderly; title: Stroke; title: Disorders of the autonomic nervous system; title: Parkinsonism and other movement disorders; title: Disorders of neuromuscular transmission; title: Aging in the peripheral nerves and peripheral neuropathy; title: Epilepsy; title: Intracranial tumours; title: Disorders of the spinal cord and nerve roots; title: Infections of the central nervous system; title: Aging and disorders of the eye; title: Disorders of hearing; title: Aging and the oro-facial tissues; title: Upper gastrointestinal tract; title: Pancreas; title: Liver; title: Diseases of the gallbladder; title: Diseases of the small bowel; title: Large bowel; title: Nutrition: considerations for the elderly; title: Aging kidney; title: Bladder; title: Prostate; title: Gynaecological disorders in the elderly: sexuality and aging; title: Aging and the endocrine system; title: Disturbances of homeostasis; title: Pituitary and adrenal disorders in old age; title: Disorders of the thyroid; title: Disordfers of the parathyroids; title: Diabetes and aging; title: Diabetes: management in old age; title: Aging and the respiratory system; title: Bone aging, osteoporosis, and osteomalacia; title: Paget's disease of bone.; title: (cont) Aging of articular cartilage and joints; title: Joint disease in old age; title: Aging and neuromuscular disease; title: Aging and the blood; title: Blood disorders and their management in old age; title: Skin aging; title: Pressure sores: aetiology and prevalence; title: Pressure sore management and prevention; title: Carcinoma of the breast; title: Surgery and anaesthesia in old age; title: Elderly in society; title: Elderly in society: an international perspective; title: Care of the aged in the United States of America; title: American nursing home; title: Geriatric service and the day hospital in the United Kingdom; title: Psychogeriatric services; title: Promotion of health in old age; title: Prevention and anticipatory care; title: Rehabilitation; title: Care of the dying; title: Ethical issues in geriatric medicine.