| Reviews |
| - 'This is an excellent book. It is succinct yet easy to read There are useful little boxes of How To's eg How To Give Sub-Cut Fluids, Use Digoxin, Assess Depression etc. I thought I know how to do many of these tips but I still found then useful and interesting. This is a useful book for anyone spending time looking after old patients.' - BMA Medical Book Competition 2007
- '...this is a brilliantly crafted book and a wonderful contribution to the field.' - Doody's Notes
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| Description | | - A hands-on guide to the care of the older patient
- Provides guidance on the ethical and clinical dilemmas common in geriatric practice
- Includes 'How to' boxes providing practical advice on common problems
- Takes a problem-based approach to assist the clinician in tackling scenarios where the diagnosis may not be clear
| | The population is ageing, and most diseases are far more common in older people. Older people are particularly difficult to assess and to treat effectively, but are more vulnerable to therapeutic delays or errors. The Oxford Handbook of Geriatric Medicine provides user-friendly advice in a field that has limited evidence, yet makes up a substantial proportion of the work of most clinicians. It
includes information required for effective, geriatric practice, in a contemporary, accessible format, indicating where practice differs from that of younger adults, is ill informed by evidence, and where dangers lurk for the inexperienced clinician. Guidance is given on the many ethical and clinical dilemmas common in geriatric practice, where several solutions may appear equally valid.
Information ranges from when not to treat, through to providing evidence for where an aggressive approach is needed. Diseases that tend to arise mainly in older patients are covered in detail, as are problems that arise frequently, yet where advice is scarce. The text is problem based to assist the clinician in tackling scenarios where the diagnosis may not be clear. This is the 'must have' guide
to geriatric medicine and will be invaluable to all those involved in the care of the older patient. |
Readership: Pre-registration House Officers, Senior House Officers and Specialist Registrars in general internal medicine and geriatric medicine, clinical medical students, Clinical Assistants and other non-consultant career grade doctors in Day Hospital. This handbook will also be useful to General Practitioners, specialist nurses and doctors outside geriatric medicine, who manage older people.
| Contents |
1.
Ageing
2.
Organising geriatric services
3.
Clinical assessment of older people
4.
Rehabilitation
5.
Falls and funny turns
6.
Drugs
7.
Neurology
8.
Stroke
9.
Psychiatry
10.
Cardiovascular medicine
11.
Chest medicine
12.
Gastroenterology
13.
Renal medicine
14.
Homeostasis
15.
Endocrinology
16.
Haematology
17.
Musculoskeletal disease
18.
Pressure injuries
19.
Genitourinary medicine
20.
Incontinence
21.
Ears
22.
Eyes
23.
Skin
24.
Infections and immunity
25.
Malignancy
26.
Death and dying
27.
Ethics
28.
Finances
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Lesley Bowker, Consultant in Medicine for the Elderly, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of East Anglia, UK,
James Price, Consultant in Community Geriatrics and General Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Geratology, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK, and
Sarah Smith, Consultant in Community Geriatrics and General Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Geratology, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK
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