Primary Care Geriatrics : A Case-Based Approach

by Ham, Sloane & Warshaw

• ISBN13: 9780323014502
• ISBN10: 032301450X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-20
• Publisher: Mosby

Summary

Primary Care Geriatrics: A Case-Based Approach provides the principles and key clinical information necessary to ensure the optimal management of elderly patients. Case studies are integrated throughout the text to illustrate points and insure that the emphasis is always on the clinical scenario. The book outlines the principles of geriatric primary care, provides detailed, case-based approaches to major geriatric syndromes and also covers common conditions and situations. Long acknowledged as the most practical, user-friendly text available, this new edition reflects the latest advances in the field.

Table of Contents

Unit One: Principles and Practice	1	(242)
Primary Care	3	(6)
Richard J. Ham
Philip D. Sloane
Gregg A. Warshaw
Demographics	9	(6)
Jim Mitchell
Normal Aging	15	(14)
Philip D. Sloane
Illness and Aging	29	(22)
Richard J. Ham
Assessment	51	(28)
Richard J. Ham
Health Care System	79	(14)
L. Gregory Pawlson
Donna Lind Infeld
Ethnic and Cultural Aspects of Geriatrics	93	(12)
Jerry C. Johnson
Health Maintenance and Promotion	105	(14)
Neil K. Hall
Nutrition	119	(18)
Larry E. Johnson
Pharmacotherapeutics	137	(12)
Timothy J. Ives
Rehabilitation	149	(16)
Laura Mosqueda
Kenneth Brummel-Smith
Ethics	165	(18)
Mary Kane Goldstein
Perioperative Care and Hospital Care	183	(16)
Cynthia Holzer
Gregg A. Warshaw
Institutional Care	199	(18)
Philip D. Sloane
Malaz Boustani
Home Care	217	(12)
Peter A. Boling
Linda J. Abbey
Joseph M. Keenan
Palliative Care at the End of Life	229	(14)
Joel Potash
Pamela S. Horst
Unit Two: Major Syndromes	243	(138)
Dementias (and Delirium)	245	(64)
Richard J. Ham
Depression	309	(14)
J. Eugene Lammers
Gait and Immobility	323	(10)
John B. Murphy
Dizziness	333	(16)
Philip D. Sloane
Falls	349	(12)
Diana C. Schneider
Scott L. Mader
Urinary Incontinence	361	(20)
Charles A. Cefalu
Unit Three: Clinical Problems	381	(268)
Chronic Pain	383	(12)
Jane F. Potter
Neena Biswas
Maltreatment and Self-Neglect	395	(6)
James G. O'Brien
Jane M. Thibault
Alcoholism	401	(8)
James W. Campbell
The Older Adult Driver	409	(6)
Richard V. Sims
Karlene Ball
Vision and Eye Problems	415	(4)
James F. Peggs
Hearing	419	(8)
George A. Gates
Sexuality	427	(10)
Kristin M. Alline
Larry E. Johnson
Sleep	437	(8)
Jeffrey L. Susman
Mouth and Teeth	445	(10)
Ingrid H. Valdez
Douglas B. Berkey
Feet	455	(10)
Ellen Sobel
Mark Kosinski
Skin	465	(12)
Marlene J. Mash
Maria Fedor
Lucy Bonnington
Pressure Ulcers	477	(10)
Bruce A. Ferrell
Cancer	487	(12)
Lodovico Balducci
Arthritis	499	(8)
Leigh F. Callahan
Beth L. Jonas
Diabetes Mellitus	507	(10)
Richard L. Reed
Arshag D. Mooradian
Thyroid Disease	517	(8)
Stephen A. Margolis
Richard L. Reed
Osteoporosis	525	(12)
Bonny Neyhart
Lisa M. Gibbs
Prostate	537	(14)
Alvah R. Cass
Jamal Islam
Constipation and Fecal Incontinence	551	(10)
Steven D. Bartz
Gregg A. Warshaw
Hypertension	561	(12)
Darlyne Menscer
Congestive Heart Failure	573	(6)
Robert J. Luchi
George E. Taffet
Myocardial Infarction and Angina	579	(8)
Patrick P. Coll
Peripheral Vascular Disease	587	(8)
Douglas C. Woolley
Stroke	595	(10)
Solomon Liao
Laura Mosqueda
Kenneth Brummel-Smith
Parkinson's Disease	605	(10)
James Q. Miller
Lower Respiratory Infections	615	(16)
Alice K. Pomidor
Urinary Tract Infections	631	(6)
Kurt P. Merkelz
Charles P. Mouton
David V. Espino
Acute Abdomen	637	(6)
Patrick P. Coll
Polymyalgia Rheumatica	643	(6)
Douglas C. Woolley
Hypothermia	649
Leonard W. Morgan