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- Includes multiple choice questions for reinforcement
- Written by experts in the field
- Presents current insight into age-related changes
- Complements larger geriatric medicine texts
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the two important issues relating to disease in elderly: the age-related changes and the pathophysiology of the diseases. The book contains 19 chapters that are arranged by organ system and structured to cover the specific areas for a quick but in-depth understanding of diseases in aging patients. Unlike any other book on the market, this text is concise and yet thorough in approach to the stipulated areas. This book includes multiple-choice questions that reinforce the concepts that are most vital to understanding and treating geriatric patients, making it an outstanding resource on its own or as a companion to larger geriatric texts.
Diseases in the Elderly is the ultimate resource for geriatricians, medical students, primary care physicians, hospital doctors, geriatric nurses, and all other medical professionals treating and diagnosing diseases in elderly patients.
Reviews
“This would be a great resource for nursing or gerontology focused care curriculum. … The format of the book makes it easy to maneuver through the book and find specific information. The illustrations are a helpful additional resource. This is a helpful, in‐depth review of the body changes, functions, and the effects of various disease processes on the elderly. It is well organized by organ system, thus easy to search for detailed information related to illnesses.” (Melody L. W. Schrock, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2016)
Authors and Affiliations
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Sydney Medical School (Westmead), The University of Sydney, North Rocks, Australia
Nages Nagaratnam
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Norwest Specialist Medical Group, Bella Vista, Australia
Kujan Nagaratnam
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Blacktown-Mt Druitt Hospital, Blacktown, Australia
Gary Cheuk
About the authors
Nages Nagaratnam, OAM, MD,FRACP,FRCPA,FRCP,FACC,FCCP is Clinical Associate Professor at the Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney and Conjoint Associate Professor in the School of Medicine, College of Health and Science at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. He graduated and obtained the Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Ceylon and was for many years Consultant Physician in Internal Medicine in Sri Lanka and Senior Physician at the General Hospital, Colombo, the premier teaching hospital. He is a founding Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka and was President Section A of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science. In Australia he was Consultant Physician in Geriatric and Internal Medicine at the Blacktown-Mount Druitt and Westmead Hospitals. He has an almost lifelong commitment to the training and guiding the careers of generation of young doctors. He has authored more than 200 scientific publications in both national and international journals. His interests spanned themes from many fields of medicine with continuous clinical research over several years. In the last two decades his interests are in geriatrics, rehabilitation, stroke and stroke rehabilitation.
Kujan Nagaratnam MBBS (UNSW), FRACP graduated in Medicine from the University of New South Wales in 1988. He did his internal medical training and Advanced Training in Geriatric
Gary Cheuk BS(UNSW),FRACP graduated from the University of New South Wales In 1985 with honours. He commenced basic physician training in Dunedin (New Zealand) and St George Hospital (Sydney). Hr underwent advance training in Geriatric Medicine at Concord and Westmead Hospitals and was granted Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1993. In the following year he became Director of Rehabilitation and Aged Care Service at Blacktown-Mt Druitt Hospital, a position he still occupies. Dr Cheuk has been involved in under
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Diseases in the Elderly
Book Subtitle: Age-Related Changes and Pathophysiology
Authors: Nages Nagaratnam, Kujan Nagaratnam, Gary Cheuk
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25787-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-25785-3Published: 08 March 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-25787-7Published: 25 February 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 396
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geriatrics/Gerontology, Internal Medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine, Primary Care Medicine, Epidemiology