Author | Sloan, John P. author |
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Title | Protocols in Primary Care Geriatrics [electronic resource] / by John P. Sloan |
Imprint | New York, NY : Springer US, 1991 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0388-6 |
Descript | XIII, 202 p. online resource |
One: Geriatrics Topics and Questions -- A.The Basics -- 1. Essentials of Geriatrics and Aging -- 2. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment -- 3. Rehabilitation of Elderly Patients -- 4. Atypical Presentation of Disease -- B. The Giants -- 5. Falls and Instability -- 6. Incontinence -- 7. Confusion -- 8.Depression -- 9. Constipation -- 10. Pressure Sores -- 11. Agitation -- C. Iatrogenic Geriatrics -- 12. Theory of Drug Therapy and Aging -- 13. Practical Prescribing to the Elderly -- 14. Selected Therapeutic Problems -- D. Special Issues -- 15. Nursing Home Care -- 16. Terminal or Palliative Care -- 17. Ethical Issues in Geriatrics -- Responses to Clinical Exercises -- Two: Notes on Geriatrics