Geriatric medicine

The Fourth Edition of this bestselling, highly regarded book has been fully revised to incorporate changes in law and clinical guidance making a vital impact on patient management, encompassing: .

This unique guide provides a much needed overview of dementia care.

This unique guide provides a much needed overview of dementia care.

Medical futility is a controversial issue not only in its definition but also in its application.

Handbook of Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease is designed to provide practical tips and emphasize key priorities for treatment of non-motor aspects of the disorder.

Palliative Care: Learning in Practice is an interactive textbook based on models of open learning, action learning, work-based learning, critical companionship and reflective practice.

This book tells the story of John, who has an intellectual disability.

Use of the arts in palliative care settings is a powerful and effective way of addressing the practical, psychological, social and spiritual issues faced by service users in end-of-life care.

With advances and breakthroughs in modern medicine that are allowing people to live longer, the number of older adults will continue to grow exponentially over the next several decades.

This book focuses on geriatric oncology and reflects the state of the art in the management of senior adults with cancer.

In this new color handbook, the authors deal systematically with those skin conditions that are particular to or more common in the elderly covering testing, diagnosis and treatment options.

This book has two main purposes: formative case analysis and self-assessment of medicine in old age.

"e;The first lesson is that success looks like whatever your patient describes it as .

Following the success of the previous edition, the second edition of Geriatrics Models of Care is the definitive resource for systems-based practice improvement for the care of older adults.

Following the success of the previous edition, the second edition of Geriatrics Models of Care is the definitive resource for systems-based practice improvement for the care of older adults.

This book broadens the visioning on new care environments that are designed to be inclusive, progressive, and convergent with the needs of an aging population.

Exercise has been rightly termed the "e;fountain of youth"e; for older adults.

An authoritative, one-stop source of answers on conditions commonly encountered among older adultsFor more than 70 years, professors, students, and clinicians have trusted LANGE for high-quality, current, concise medical information in a convenient, affordable, portable format.

The first book to explore the meaningful dreams and visions that bring comfort as death nears.

Exercise has been rightly termed the "e;fountain of youth"e; for older adults.

A line of interview books documenting conversations with artists, authors, philosophers, economists, scientists, and activists whose works are aimed at the future and at progress.

This third edition has been comprehensively updated and expanded, and now includes over 200 questions and answers throughout the text in thebest of five' format.

This third edition has been comprehensively updated and expanded, and now includes over 200 questions and answers throughout the text in thebest of five' format.

Already established in its first edition as a key text in elderly care, this comprehensively revised second edition of Essential Facts in Geriatric Medicine is a vital reference for health professionals involved in providing comprehensive care to the older population.

Research shows that non-responsive patients benefit significantly from spiritual and pastoral care.

Publishing on the 50th anniversary of the opening of St Christopher's Hospice - widely thought of to be the first modern hospice, combining pain and symptom management with education and training - this edited collection discusses what motivates professionals and volunteers to provide spiritual care.

Hospice chaplains have traditionally played a unique part in palliative care, providing human compassion and support to help ease life's final chapter.

What do you need to know in order to provide the best possible care for sick children of different faiths?

This book is designed for all those with a scientific interest in drug treatment and the older population.

Aging is a natural phenomenon that is peculiar to all living things.

Aging is a natural phenomenon that is peculiar to all living things.

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

The Situation - A Radical Journey Thru Sisterhood is an intimate portrayal of two sisters, Carolyn and Lila, whose lives are deeply intertwined over forty years.

This timely book provides detailed information regarding the latest treatment for psychiatric disorders among the growing population of older adults.

Many practitioners are hesitant to treat mental health issues in older adults, believing that special expertise is required to do so effectively.

Framed by the author's personal odyssey as a caregiver and richly informed by the inspiring and poignant tales of others, Caregiving explores medical and financial problems, all aspects of spirituality, and such issues as depression, stress, housing, home care, and end-of-life concerns.

#1 New York Times BestsellerIn Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its endingMedicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable.

Medical practitioners receive little, if any, formal training in the prevention, assessment and management of pressure ulcers and other chronic wounds.

This volume systematically reviews the basic science and clinical knowledge of the role of free radicals and antioxidants, collectively known as "e;oxidative stress,"e; in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease.

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General NonfictionA New York Times BestsellerLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionWinner of the WSU AOS Bonner Book AwardWinner of the 2022 At Home With Growing Older Impact AwardAs revelatory as Atul Gawande's Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson's Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life.

In this "e;enlightening"e; (Jane Brody, New York Times) book, Harvard Medical School physician Angelo E.

Active Surveillance for Localized Prostate Cancer: A New Paradigm for Clinical Management will serve as a useful resource for physicians dealing with, and interested in, this complex and evolving branch of prostate cancer management.

Ghrelin, the endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue (GHS) receptor, is critical in the control of food intake and energy balance.

In the past 20 years, the number of women over 65 has grown enormously.

For some elderly people, the body weakens while the mind stays alert.