ABC of geriatric medicine / edited by Nicola Cooper, Kirsty Forrest, Graham Mulley. - Chichester, U.K. ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell : BMJ Books, 2009. - viii, 80 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. - ABC series . - ABC series (Malden, Mass.) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing geriatric medicine / Nicola Cooper & Graham Mulley -- Prescribing in older people / Jon Cooper & Julia Howarth -- Delirium / John Holmes -- Falls / Nicola Cooper -- Bone health / Katrina Topp -- Syncope / Raja Hussain -- Transient ischaemic attack and stroke / Jon Cooper -- Dementia / John Wattis & Stephen Curran -- Urinary incontinence / Eileen Burns & Anne Siddle -- Peri-operative problems / Kirsty Forrest -- Rehabilitation / Lauren Ralston & John Young -- Palliative care / Lucy Nicholson & Suzanne Kite -- Discharge planning / Mamoun Elmamoun & Graham Mulley -- Intermediate care / Nicola Turner & Catherine Tandy -- Benefits and social services / John Pearn & Rosemary Young.

9781405169424 (alk. paper) 1405169427 (alk. paper)

2008001980

101463733 DNLM


Geriatrics--Great Britain.
Geriatrics--Great Britain.
Health Services for the Aged--Great Britain.

RC952 / .A25 2009

618.97

2009 B-488 WT 100 / ABC 2009