• 4th Ed.
• 2003
• © Springer Science + Business Media
• Christine K. Cassel, MD
• 0387955143 / 9780387955148
• Geriatric Medicine, Palliative Medicine

 

Description

This new edition of a critically-acclaimed resource, completely revised and updated, offers practical and comprehensive coverage of the diseases, common problems and medical care of older persons. It presents a new approach, focusing on Evidence-Based Medicine, with chapters including: Physiology of Aging, Clinical Strategies of Prescribing for Older Adults, Chronic Disease Management, Prevention, Doctor-Patient Communication Issues, Sources of Suffering in the Elderly and many others. This will be an all-encompassing, authoritative volume on geriatric medicine, needed more than ever because the over-80 population is the fastest growing age group in the country.

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Score/Stars: 73/3

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Quotes, Reviews or Testimonials

"The expertise of individual authors shines through in many places. The thoroughness, pagination, and ease of using the information here maintain this book's status as one of the leading comprehensive textbooks of geriatric medicine."

-- David Staats, MD (University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center) Doody's Review

Audience

This book is aimed at practicing physicians as well as medical trainees at all levels. The entire team of health professionals caring for older persons will find this book a useful reference.

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