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Geriatric Medicine

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Editors:
  1. Christine K. Cassel

    1. The Henry L. Schwartz Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA

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  2. Harvey J. Cohen

    1. Center for Study of Aging and Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA

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  3. Eric B. Larson

    1. University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, USA

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  4. Diane E. Meier

    1. The Henry L. Schwartz Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA

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  5. Neil M. Resnick

    1. Gerontology Division, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA

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  6. Laurence Z. Rubenstein

    1. Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Sepulveda VA Medical Center, Sepulveda, USA

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  7. Leif B. Sorensen

    1. Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

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Table of contents (69 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxii
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  2. Basics of Gerontology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Molecular and Biologic Factors in Aging: The Origins, Causes, and Prevention of Senescence

      • George T. Baker III, George R. Martin
      Pages 3-28

    3. The Demography of Aging

      • S. Jay Olshansky
      Pages 29-36

    4. Epidemiology and Aging

      • Sylvia E. Furner, Jacob A. Brody, Linda M. Jankowski
      Pages 37-43

    5. Social and Psychological Characteristics

      • Bernice L. Neugarten, Susan C. Reed
      Pages 45-53

    6. Principles of Pharmacology

      • Jerry Avorn, Jerry H. Gurwitz
      Pages 55-70

  3. Contexts of Care in Geriatric Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Contexts of Care

      • Laurence Z. Rubenstein
      Pages 73-80

    3. Long-Term Care

      • Robert L. Kane, Rosalie A. Kane
      Pages 81-96

    4. The Physician and the Care of the Nursing Home Patient

      • Joseph G. Ouslander
      Pages 97-107

    5. Home Care

      • Bruce A. Ferrell
      Pages 109-118

    6. Acute Hospital Care

      • Robert M. Palmer
      Pages 119-129

    7. Geriatric Emergencies

      • Teresita M. Hogan
      Pages 131-151

  4. Clinical Approach to the Geriatric Patient

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Clinical Approach: An Overview

      • Richard W. Besdine
      Pages 155-168

    3. Instruments to Assess Functional Status

      • Rosalie A. Kane
      Pages 169-179

    4. Neuropsychological Testing

      • Marilyn S. Albert
      Pages 181-187

    5. Preoperative Assessment and Perioperative Care

      • Peter Pompei
      Pages 189-200

    6. Determination of Decision-Making Capacity

      • Robert Allan Pearlman
      Pages 201-209
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About this book

The third edition of Geriatric Medicine appears at a crucial time for health profession­ als, a time when the values and goals of our overall American health care system are being reoriented to those values and goals that have long been at the core of geriatrics. It is likely that the readership of this highly respected textbook will be even substan­ tially greater than that for the two previous editions or, for that matter, for any other textbook on geriatric medicine published in the United States. This third edition continues what its predecessors began-the goal of closing the gap between our knowl­ edge of the proper care of older persons and our capacity to deliver that care. Numerous journal articles and forewords and prefaces to geriatrics textbooks claim that the field of geriatrics has matured. Geriatrics may have "matured" since the publication of the first edition of Geriatric Medicine in 1984, but the maturation process has been slow and is still incomplete. It is true that the field has advanced in many areas. It has been recognized as an area of added qualification by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Family Practice, and they have certified thousands of fully qualified physicians in geriatrics over the past decade.

Reviews

From the reviews of the second edition: "This is one of a very few geriatric books that should be in the clinicians library" The New England Journal of Medicine

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Henry L. Schwartz Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA

    Christine K. Cassel, Diane E. Meier

  • Center for Study of Aging and Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA

    Harvey J. Cohen

  • University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, USA

    Eric B. Larson

  • Gerontology Division, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA

    Neil M. Resnick

  • Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Sepulveda VA Medical Center, Sepulveda, USA

    Laurence Z. Rubenstein

  • Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Leif B. Sorensen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Geriatric Medicine

  • Editors: Christine K. Cassel, Harvey J. Cohen, Eric B. Larson, Diane E. Meier, Neil M. Resnick, Laurence Z. Rubenstein, Leif B. Sorensen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2705-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-2705-0Published: 17 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: LXIV, 1069

  • Topics: Internal Medicine

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