Geriatric medicine

Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology: Expert Consult - Online and Print (Hardback - 12 Jan 2010)

Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
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 with an increased clinical focus and updated coverage to help you meet the unique challenges posed by this growing...

By (author) Howard M. Fillit; Kenneth Rockwood; Kenneth Woodhouse

ISBN-13: 9781416062318 ; ISBN-10: 1416062319

Price: £168.00 £132.50 UK delivery 2 to 4 days

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Geriatric Assessment (Undefined - 1 Oct 2009)

Geriatric Assessment
Geriatric Assessment will provide clinicians with an ultra-concise outline and memory refresher on the essential points of geriatric assessment. The book's small trim size, brief number of pages, and lay-flat binding lets the clinician keep it easily at hand for quick reference in the clinic or on the wards. Written by a "Geriatrician of the Year," by the American Geriatrics Society, and editof of the Oxford...

By (author) Samuel C Durso

ISBN-13: 9780195374568 ; ISBN-10: 0195374568

Price: £17.06 Not Available

Life-Span Extension (Hardback - 26 Aug 2009)

Life-Span Extension
In recent years, remarkable discoveries have been made concerning the underlying mechanisms of aging. In Life-Span Extension: Single-Cell Organisms to Man, the editors bring together a range of illuminating perspectives from researchers investigating the aging process in a variety of species. This novel work addresses the aging process in species ranging from yeast to man and, among other subjects, features...

Edited by Christian Sell; Antonello Lorenzini; Holly M. Brown-Borg

ISBN-13: 9781603275064 ; ISBN-10: 1603275061

Price: £92.12 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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Challenges in Acute Geriatric Care (Hardback - 10 Aug 2009)

Challenges in Acute Geriatric Care
This work fills a gap in the literature in presenting a collection of topics on acute geriatric care. Most chapters are structured as grand rounds, focused on clinical problems that have limited disclosure in textbooks, presented as a dialog between theory and practice, written by clinicians for clinicians. This collection is based on encounters between geriatricians and consultants, meant to resolve clinical...

Edited by Jochanan E Naschitz

ISBN-13: 9781607413097 ; ISBN-10: 1607413094

Price: £65.99 £58.79 Not Available

Geriatric Oncology (Paperback / softback - 7 Aug 2009)

Geriatric Oncology
The management of the older person with cancer is based on the estimate of life expectancy, tolerance of treatment, patient preference, and socio-economic barriers to treatment. The thrust of this book is to make medical oncologists and other health professionals managing older patients with cancer aware of recent developments in geriatric assessment and in cancer management for the older adult. After consulting...

Edited by Arti Hurria; Lodovico Balducci

ISBN-13: 9780387890692 ; ISBN-10: 0387890696

Price: £47.97 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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Hypertension, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine (Hardback - 22 Jul 2009)

Hypertension, An Issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
Hypertension, an important and common concern in the elderly population, is examined in this new issue Guest Edited by Mahboob Rahman. Authors from around the country tackle such subjects as arterial compliance in the elderly, polypharmacy in the elderly, and hypertension and cognitive function in the elderly. This is a must-have resource for all clinicians dealing with the geriatric population.

By (author) Mahboob Rahman

ISBN-13: 9781437704815 ; ISBN-10: 1437704816

Price: £76.31 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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Angehörige pflegen (Paperback / softback - 16 Jun 2009)

Angehörige pflegen

By (author) M. Döbele

ISBN-13: 9783540722656 ; ISBN-10: 3540722653

Price: £20.04 UK delivery 4 to 7 days

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Basiswissen Medizin des Alterns und des alten Menschen (Paperback / softback - 16 Jun 2009)

Basiswissen Medizin des Alterns und des alten Menschen

By (author) Rom Andrej Zeyfang; Ulrich Hagg-Grün; T. Nikolaus

ISBN-13: 9783540717164 ; ISBN-10: 3540717161

Price: £20.04 UK delivery 4 to 7 days

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Inside Assisted Living: The Search for Home (Hardback - 12 May 2009)

Inside Assisted Living
Assisted living is the fastest-growing alternative to skilled nursing care for frail older persons in the United States. The expectations, settings, and missions of these residences are varied, making it difficult for prospective residents and their families to anticipate what it would be like to live in them. This book is a unique portal into the real world of assisted living and the key issues facing consumers,...

Inside Assisted Living: The Search for Home (Paperback / softback - 12 May 2009)

Inside Assisted Living
Assisted living is the fastest-growing alternative to skilled nursing care for frail older persons in the United States. The expectations, settings, and missions of these residences are varied, making it difficult for prospective residents and their families to anticipate what it would be like to live in them. This book is a unique portal into the real world of assisted living and the key issues facing consumers,...

The Past, Present, and Future of Home Health Care, An issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine (Hardback - 19 Mar 2009)

The Past, Present, and Future of Home Health Care, An issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
This issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine focuses on the past, present, and future of home health care, a rapidly growing subspecialty of Geriatric Medicine. Guest Edited by Peter Boling, the issue describes the population in need (age range, numbers, projected growth), range of service needs, social vs. medical models of care, international and state-to-state comparisons to show the wide range of strategies that...

By (author) Peter A. Boling

ISBN-13: 9781437704808 ; ISBN-10: 1437704808

Price: £76.31 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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Sleep, An Issue of Geriatric Medicine Clinics (Hardback - 27 Feb 2009)

Sleep, An Issue of Geriatric Medicine Clinics
The need to sleep and obtain adequate rest is an essential bodily function from birth to death. Like eating and breathing, sleep is necessary for human survival. Sleep patterns evolve as one moves from infancy to childhood and into adulthood. It should be no surprise, then, that sleep parameters also evolve as the body enters the oldest decades of life. In this exciting new issue of Clinics in Geriatric...

By (author) Julie Gammack

ISBN-13: 9781416060505 ; ISBN-10: 1416060502

Price: £63.99 £56.69 Not Available

Reichel's Care of the Elderly: Clinical Aspects of Aging (Hardback - 9 Feb 2009)

Reichel's Care of the Elderly
Reichel’s formative text is designed as a practical guide for health specialists confronted with the unique problems of geriatric patients. The sixth edition remains the pioneering text for the practising physician confronted with the unique problems of an increasingly elderly population. Dr William Reichel’s formative text is designed as a practical and useful guide for health specialists from medical students...

Edited by Christine Arenson; Jan Busby-Whitehead; Kenneth Brummel-Smith; James G. O'Brien; Mary H. Palmer; William Reichel

ISBN-13: 9780521869294 ; ISBN-10: 0521869293

Price: £50.00 £36.50 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Aging and Human Body Composition (Hardback - 1 Feb 2009)

Aging and Human Body Composition

Edited by Richard N. Baumgartner

ISBN-13: 9781934115213 ; ISBN-10: 1934115215

Price: £89.63 Not Available

Poststroke Dementia & Imaging (Paperback / softback - 1 Jan 2009)

Poststroke Dementia & Imaging
Stroke increases the risk of dementia by approximate 2-9 times. World wide, vascular dementia (VaD) is the second commonest cause of dementia. Presence of post-stroke dementia (PSD) reduces survival among stroke survivors and increases risk of long term stroke recurrence. Varying severity levels of cognitive impairment affects functional outcome independent of physical impairment. With an ageing population, burden...

By (author) V Mok; W W M Lam; Y L Chan; Ka Sing Wong

ISBN-13: 9781606922477 ; ISBN-10: 1606922475

Price: £30.99 £30.29 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics: Sixth Edition (Paperback / softback - 1 Jan 2009)

Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics: Sixth Edition

By (author) Robert L. Kane; Joseph G. Ouslander; Itamar B. Abrass; Barbara Resnick

ISBN-13: 9780071498227 ; ISBN-10: 0071498222

Price: £39.99 £39.49 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Older Persons in Emergencies: An Active Ageing Perspective (Paperback - 31 Dec 2008)

Older Persons in Emergencies

By (author) Not Available (NA)

ISBN-13: 9789241563642 ; ISBN-10: 9241563648

Price: £13.15 Not Available

Geropsychology and Long Term Care (Hardback - 22 Dec 2008)

Geropsychology and Long Term Care
The ever-increasing population of older adults residing in nursing homes and long-term care communities, as reflected in numerous demographic studies, point out a clear need for geropsychologists i.e., trained specialists in the field of aging and mental health, to meet the needs of this nation’s older adults. This Manual will provide a needed resource for psychologists working in long-term care settings and...

Edited by Erlene Rosowsky; Joseph M. Casciani; Merla Arnold

ISBN-13: 9780387726465 ; ISBN-10: 0387726462

Price: £47.97 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2008: Gerontological and Geriatric Education (Hardback - 15 Dec 2008)

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2008

By (author) Harvey L. (EDT) Sterns; M.D. (EDT) Bernard, Marie A.

ISBN-13: 9780826100993 ; ISBN-10: 0826100996

Price: £84.95 £63.84 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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