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Essentials of clinical geriatrics / Robert L. Kane ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Kane, Robert L, 1940- | Kane, Robert L, 1940-. Essentials of clinical geriatrics
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2009Edition: 6th edDescription: xxii, 576 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780071498227 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0071498222 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Geriatrics | Aging | Older people -- Health and hygiene | Geriatrics | Aged | Aging -- physiology | Aging -- psychology | Diagnosis, Differential | Geriatric AssessmentDDC classification: 618.97 LOC classification: RC952 | .K36 2009Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
Clinical implications of the aging process -- The geriatric patient : demography, epidemiology, and health services utilization -- Evaluating the geriatric patient -- Chronic disease management -- Prevention -- Confusion : delirium and dementia -- Diagnosis and management of depression -- Incontinence -- Falls -- Immobility -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Decreased vitality -- Sensory impairment -- Drug therapy -- Health services -- Nursing home care -- Ethical issues in the care of older persons.
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Rev. ed. of: Essentials of clinical geriatrics / Robert L. Kane, Joseph G. Ouslander, Itamar B. Abrass. 5th. ed. c2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Clinical implications of the aging process -- The geriatric patient : demography, epidemiology, and health services utilization -- Evaluating the geriatric patient -- Chronic disease management -- Prevention -- Confusion : delirium and dementia -- Diagnosis and management of depression -- Incontinence -- Falls -- Immobility -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Decreased vitality -- Sensory impairment -- Drug therapy -- Health services -- Nursing home care -- Ethical issues in the care of older persons.

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