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Essentials of clinical geriatrics

Title
Essentials of clinical geriatrics / Robert L. Kane [and others].
Author
Kane, Robert L., 1940-2017.
Publication
New York : McGraw-Hill Education / Medical, [2013], ©2013.

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Description
xvii, 506 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm
Subject
  • Geriatrics
  • Aging
  • Older people > Health and hygiene
  • Aged
  • Aging > physiology
  • Aging > psychology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Geriatric Assessment
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- Palliative care.
ISBN
  • 9780071792189 (soft cover : alk. paper)
  • 007179218X (soft cover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2012042765
OCLC
  • ocn814389920
  • 814389920
  • SCSB-8881271
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries