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Citation
(2010), "Essential Geriatrics – Second Edition", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 23 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2010.06223eae.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2010, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Essential Geriatrics – Second Edition
Essential Geriatrics – Second Edition
Article Type: Recent publications From: International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Volume 23, Issue 5
Henry WoodfordRadcliffe Publishing2010ISBN-10 1846194261; ISBN-13 9781846194269
Keywords: Elderly healthcare management, Evidence based research, Healthcare quality improvement
In an ageing population, those who specialise in the treatment of older people are more essential than ever. The specialty is also becoming more evidence-based as research into care of the elderly grows.
This second edition of Essential Geriatrics has been comprehensively updated and expanded, with entirely new sections on the ageing process and a selection of important topics. In addition there are 100 questions throughout the text in the modern knowledge-based “best of five” format, with answers.
This text specifically focuses on the key aspects of elderly care, spanning both general medicine and the particular problems encountered in geriatrics as a route into the specialty: the subjects chosen typically receive scant coverage in general medical texts. Practical guidance for managing the conditions covered is included at the end of each section, with reasoned approaches to areas where evidence is more scarce.
Contents include:
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Medicine and old age – age-related changes; therapeutics; rehabilitation; end of life.
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Brain – dementia; delirium; depression; movement disorders; stroke.
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Bladder and bowel – urinary disorders; bowel disorders.
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Falls and related topics – dizziness; falls; syncope; osteoporosis.
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Cardiovascular – heart failure; hypertension; atrial fibrillation.
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Selected topics – anaemia; arthritis; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease epilepsy; influenza; leg ulcers; methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; motor neuron disease; myopathy; pneumonia; pressure ulcers; Type 2 diabetes.
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Appendix A – rating scales.
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Appendix B – abbreviations