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By
Larry Lawhorne, MD
Included in series
The Clinics: Internal Medicine,
Description
Care of the older adult in the office setting is the focus of this edition. Review articles examine screening and assessment. Common ailments
are also discussed, such as depression, hypertension, respiratory infections, falls and fractures; and urinary incontinence. Authors
also address nutrition, drugs, decision making, advance care directives and end of life care, community resources, and the physician's
role in long term care.
Contents
1. Healthy Aging, Screening, and Risk Factor Reduction (Morley)
2. Nutrition and the Older Adult (Noel and Reddy)
3. Incremental
Geriatric Assessment of the Older Patient Who is not Functioning Well (Ensberg)
4. Recognition and Assessment of Cognitive Impairment
(Shatz)
5. Depression in the Older Adult (Lawhorne)
6. Managing Hypertension in the Older Adult (Maddens)
7. Diagnosing and
Managing Respiratory Infections in the Older Adult (Mehr)
8. Falls and Fractures (Komara)
9. Urinary Incontinence (Keilman)
10.
Appropriate Drug Prescribing for the Older Adult (Katz)
11. Shared Decision Making and Determining Decision Making Capacity (Brody)
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Advance Care Directives and End of Life Care (Ogle)
13. The Interface between the Primary Care Office and Community Resources (Holmes
and Lawhorne)
14. The Primary Care Physician's Role in Long Term Care (Evans)
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 240 pages, publication date: OCT-2005
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-2716-4
ISBN-10: 1-4160-2716-5
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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