Table of Contents

1: What is geriatric medicine?
2: Comprehensive geriatric asssessment
3: Prescribing in older people
4: Acute illness: overview
5: Cardiovascular
6: Respiratory
7: Gastrointestinal
8: Endocrine and metabolic
9: Renal
10: Musculoskeletal problems
11: Infections
12: Psychiatric
13: Neurology
14a: Chronic disease and disability
14b: Urinary incontinence
14c: Impaired vision
14d: Impaired hearing
15: Rehabilitation in older people
16: Systems of care in older people
17: Long term care
18: Falls and falls prevention
19: Palliative care
20: Orthogeriatrics
21: Stroke and TIA
22: Skin problems - acute and chronic
23: Leg ulcers and pressure ulceration
24: Cancer in old age
25: Elder abuse
26: Gerotechnology
27: Role of the multidisciplinary team

Reviews

This is a tremendously practical approach to medicine in the aging. The book lays out the issues and possible considerations without becoming intensely physiology-oriented, making it helpful to many levels of reader. With its useful and practical approaches for caring for the aging, I highly recommend this book for clinicians on both sides of the ocean.
*Doody's Notes, April 2013*