Essentials of clinical geriatrics
by
 
Kane, Robert L., 1940-2017.

Title
Essentials of clinical geriatrics

Author
Kane, Robert L., 1940-2017.

ISBN
9780071498227

Edition
6. ed.

Publication Information
New York : McGraw-Hill, 2009.

Physical Description
xxii, 576 s. : ill.

General Note
Rev. ed. of: Essentials of clinical geriatrics / Robert L. Kane, Joseph G. Ouslander, Itamar B. Abrass. 5th. ed. c2004.

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.

Subject Term
Geriatrics.
 
Aging.
 
Older people -- Health and hygiene.
 
Aged.
 
Aging -- physiology.
 
Aging -- psychology.
 
Diagnosis, Differential.
 
Geriatric Assessment.

Added Author
Kane, Robert L., 1940-2017.


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