Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Geriatrics, 3/E

The definitive guide to safe, effective care of older adults--updated with important new content and streamlined for quick access

Doody's Core Titles for 2023!

• Covers the complete range of topics in geriatric care, including theory and fundamentals, assessment, conditions, diseases, symptoms, policies, and societal issues that affect older patients
• Provides a framework for using the functional and cognitive status, prognosis, and social context of patients to guide diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions
• Delivers essential information on important topics such as delirium, cognitive impairment, dementia, falls and mobility disorders, Parkinson disease and other movement disorders, sleep disorders, and arthritis
• Includes guidance on care in all settings - clinic, home, hospital, and long-term care, as well as pre- and post-operative settings
• New content on technology to enhance geriatric care, caregiving support, the unique needs of older immigrants, Medicare and Medicaid, legal issues and conservatorship, aid in dying, assisted living care, short-stay rehabilitation, prostate cancer, marijuana use, syncope, and driving safety

  
  

Author: Louise Walter, Anna Chang
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw Hill / Medical
Published: 10/21/2020
Pages: 736
Weight: 2.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 7.20w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781260457087
3rd Edition