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BL
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1023185
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b777555
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| Title & Author
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Elderly medicine : : a training guide /\ edited by Gurcharan S. Rai and Graham P. Mulley.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Martin Dunitz ;Florence, KY :: Distributed in the USA by Taylor & Francis,, 2002.
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xvi, 430 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203214315
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: 9058232344
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: 9780203214312
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: 9789058232342
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Biological ageing -- its relevance to geriatricians -- Social gerontology -- Clinical ageing -- Developing and planning services -- Community geriatric care -- Medical ethics and the law -- Urinary incontinence -- Falls and instability -- Orthogeriatric care -- Palliative care -- Old age psychiatry -- Rehabilitation -- Practical management of stroke -- The management of Parkinson's disease -- Syncope and dizziness -- Gait disorders in the elderly -- When to treat hypertension? (When the benefits outweigh the risks) -- Abdominal aortic aneurysms -- The management of atrial fibrillation -- Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Tuberculosis -- Respiratory rehabilitation -- Oral health -- Faecal incontinence, soiling and constipation -- Prostate diseases in the elderly man -- Urinary tract infections -- Sexuality and ageing -- Management of osteoporosis -- Painful still shoulder after stroke -- Foot disorders -- Cancer in old age -- Ophthalmology -- Hearing disorders -- Pruritus -- Leg ulcers -- Clinical aspects of pressure sores -- Preventing infections: Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI), Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and influenza and pneumococcal bacteraemia -- Nutrition -- Percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy (PEG) feeding -- Education -- All you need to know about management in one chapter -- Preparing for a consultant post -- How to be a successful consultant -- Making the most of information technology (IT) -- Professional issues -- Research and audit -- A specialist bibliography in elderly medicine.
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| Abstract
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This lively guide to active learning focuses on day-to-day management issues providing practical evidence-based advice on common problems encountered in older people. It also includes topics that may perplex both trainee and experienced physician.
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| Subject
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Geriatrics.
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Geriatrics.
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MEDICAL-- Geriatrics.
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MEDICAL-- Nursing-- Gerontology.
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Geriatrics-- methods.
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Aging-- physiology.
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| Dewey Classification
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618.97
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| LC Classification
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RC952.E43 2002eb
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2002 C-162
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WT 100E379 2002
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| Added Entry
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Mulley, Graham P.
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Rai, G. S., (Gurcharan Singh)
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