Primary Care of the Older Adult: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Published by Mosby, 2003
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- Title
- Primary Care of the Older Adult: A Multidisciplinary Approach
- Author
- Mary Burke; Joy A. Laramie
- Publisher
- Mosby
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0323023959
- ISBN 13
- 9780323023955
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Item weight
- 2.5 pounds
- The multidisciplinary approach provides input from a variety of health-care team members to give the primary care provider the full picture of older adult care.
- Common problems are organized by body systems, with complete information on each condition that leaves no questions unanswered about management strategies.
- An insert of full-color photographs show examples of the most common skin conditions found in the older adult, to help the practitioner assess and accurately treat disorders.
- Specific content on drug regimens and alternative therapies is included where applicable.
- Health promotion and prevention considerations are included where appropriate, emphasizing the importance of the primary care practitioner in health promotion as well as the treatment of disease.
- Internet resources are listed at the end of each chapter.
- A disorders index is included in the inside front and back cover.
- A new chapter on Cancer: Risk Assessment and Screening (chapter 4) explores issues of environmental exposure and smoking cessation.
- A new chapter on Oral Health (chapter 8) discusses issues such as preventive care and the impact on nutrition.
- Additional content on HIV in the older population has been added to the chapter on Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and Health Maintenance Screening (chapter 1).
- LASIK procedure in the older adult is now covered in the Sensory Impairments chapter (chapter 9).
- Discussion of delirium has been expanded in the Neurologic/Psychiatric: Dementia/Delirium/Depression chapter (chapter 25).
- The Genitourinary/Male: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia includes a discussion of the assessment and treatment of erectile dysfunction.
- Information on SARS has been added to the Respiratory System chapter (chapter 10).
- All chapters include updated information on diagnostic tests and treatment modalities, including updated drug regimens.
- The only contributed chapter written by a physician, Clinical Pharmacology (chapter 5) has been expanded to include the most current information on drugs.
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