• 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

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.

• 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

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.

• 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

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.