Essentials of clinical geriatrics - Kane, Robert L., 1940-; Kane, Robert L., 1940- (New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, 2009)
Clinical implications of the aging process -- The geriatric patient : demography, epidemiology, and health services utilization -- Evaluating the geriatric patient -- Chronic disease management -- Prevention -- Confusion : delirium and dementia -- Diagnosis and management of depression -- Incontinence -- Falls -- Immobility -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Decreased vitality -- Sensory impairment -- Drug therapy -- Health services -- Nursing home care -- Ethical issues in the care of older persons.
Rev. ed. of: Essentials of clinical geriatrics / Robert L. Kane, Joseph G. Ouslander, Itamar B. Abrass. 5th. ed. c2004.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Geriatrics; Aging; Older people -- Health and hygiene; Geriatrics; Aged; Aging -- physiology; Aging -- psychology; Diagnosis, Differential; Geriatric Assessment; Electronic books