Geriatrics category: 483 books
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Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Age-related macular degeneration is the most common cause for the loss of central vision beyond the age of 50 in industrial nations. Triplication of the number of affected patients is expected over the next 25 years. Especially over the last years the standard of knowledge regarding etiology, risk...
Geriatric Oncology
Treatment, Assessment and Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2009
Cancer and aging are integrally related. Cancer incidence and mortality increase with age, with most cancer diagnoses and deaths occurring in patients aged 65 and older. The aging of the Baby Boomer population, along with an overall increase in life expectancy, points to a doubling of the U.S. population...
by María del Carmen García Peña, Luis Miguel Gutiérrez Robledo, Victoria Arango Lopera
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
Geriatría para el médico familiar, brinda una visión amplia de la geriatría en el primer nivel de atención médica, cubriendo todos los aspectos del proceso de envejecimiento, siempre desde una perspectiva científica y su base humanística. El problema del envejecimiento puede verse como un...
by Iona Murdoch, Sarah Turpin, Bree Johnston
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2014
Geriatric Emergencies is a practical guide to the common conditions affecting older patients who present in an emergency to hospital or primary care.
Beginning with the essentials of history taking and clinical examination, the book covers a comprehensive range of emergencies, emphasizing the...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
This book addresses why and how the aging process is accelerated under diabetes, providing valuable and comprehensive information for the management of various types of diabetes- and aging-related disorders. Since several papers have shown that average life span and healthy life expectancy are reduced...
Geriatric Nephrology
The medical, psychosocial, nursing, financial and ethical issues of treating end-stage renal disease in the elderly
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The year was 1943. As a third-year medical student at Stanford, I was about to witness the beginning of a medical miracle. Dr. Arthur Bloomfield, Professor of Medicine, had selected my patient, a middle aged man, who was dying of acute pneumococcal pneumonia, as one of the first patients to receive...
Dialysis in Older Adults
A Clinical Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
This practical handbook offers quick and sound advice on the many issues faced when dialyzing the older patient. It is authored by well-known international experts who have covered the full range of end stage renal disorders including treatment options, patient management and maximization of quality...
Geriatric Psychiatry
A Case-Based Textbook
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
This textbook presents real-world cases and discussions that introduce the various mental health syndromes found in the aging population before delving into the core concepts covered by geriatric psychiatry curricula. The text follows each case study with the vital information necessary for physicians...
by Howard M. Fillit, MD, Kenneth Rockwood
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2010
Popular with generations of practitioners, Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology has been the definitive reference of choice in the field of geriatric care. The new 7th Edition, by Howard M. Fillit, MD, Kenneth Rockwood, MD, and Kenneth Woodhouse, carries on this tradition...
Be Fit For Life: A Guide To Successful Aging
A Wellness, Weight Management, and Fitness Program You Can Live With
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2010
Be Fit for Life: A Guide to Successful Aging is a self-help book for anyone interested in living a happier and healthier life. Aging is a life-long process and the sooner one accepts this and better prepares for the years ahead, the more successful his/her aging process will be. Dr Gambert, a noted...
The Strategic Perspective and Long-Term Socioeconomic Strategies for Israel
Key Methods with an Application to Aging
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
RAND researchers supported a high-level Israeli government team tasked with improving long-term socioeconomic strategy for the state. This report highlights selected inputs made to the government team to summarize the essential mechanics and roles for bringing a strategic perspective to policy consideration....
Redefining Aging
A Caregiver's Guide to Living Your Best Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Caring for an elderly family member can be overwhelming. But fulfilling life experiences are still possible for both caregivers and their loved ones, despite the stress and fatigue of caregiving.
In this comprehensive book, best-selling author Ann Kaiser Stearns explores the practical and personal...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Events in anyone day of the aged consist of the functions of daily living modified or enhanced for each individual according to his or her capability. It is the constant aim of the medical professions to enhance the individual's quality of life and to try to avoid what is preventable. Among some of...
New Directions in Geriatric Medicine
Concepts, Trends, and Evidence-Based Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2016
This book is designed to present the clinical geriatric trends within general internal medicine and family practice, which practitioners often encounter in caring for their older adult patients. Chapters focus on increasingly difficult clinical decisions that practitioners have to make in caring...