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The Neurology of the Elderly

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Authors:
  1. Richard Godwin-Austen

    1. Department of Neurology, Nottingham University and Derby Hospitals, Nottingham, England
      Queen’s Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, England

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  2. John Bendall

    1. Queen’s Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, England

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The Neurological Examination of the Elderly Patient

    • Richard Godwin-Austen, John Bendall
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Investigation of the Elderly Patient

    • Richard Godwin-Austen, John Bendall
    Pages 13-23

  4. “Confusion” and Dementia

    • Richard Godwin-Austen, John Bendall
    Pages 25-42

  5. Disturbances of Gait and Balance, and Falls

    • Richard Godwin-Austen, John Bendall
    Pages 43-52

  6. Headache and Facial Neuralgia

    • Richard Godwin-Austen, John Bendall
    Pages 53-65

  7. Some Visual Problems

    • Richard Godwin-Austen, John Bendall
    Pages 67-76

  8. Incontinence

    • Richard Godwin-Austen, John Bendall
    Pages 77-86

  9. Parkinsonism and Abnormal Movement Disorders

    • Richard Godwin-Austen, John Bendall
    Pages 87-99

  10. Attacks of Loss of Consciousness and Disturbance of Memory

    • Richard Godwin-Austen, John Bendall
    Pages 101-111

  11. Loss of Use in the Upper Limb

    • Richard Godwin-Austen, John Bendall
    Pages 113-125

  12. Neurological Presentations of General Medical Disorders

    • Richard Godwin-Austen, John Bendall
    Pages 127-142

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 143-148
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About this book

Traditional methods in the clinical practice of neurology have dominated clinical teaching in this specialty for about 100 years. Essentially these methods involve meticulous attention to detail and the recording of clinical facts. Thus the clinical history must be recorded chronologically, preferably in the patient's own words, and of the nervous sys­ followed by a carefully structured examination tem set out in such a way as to allow the precise localisation of the lesion or system involved. Clinical neurology taught and practised in this way has bred generations of neurologists throughout the world and raised the standards in the specialty to a level where clinical skills are probably unexcelled in any other specialty. With increasing availability and reliance upon non-invasive imaging techniques, the need for these skills in large areas of neurological practice has diminished. But perhaps more importantly, the classical clinical methods in neurology were developed when the elderly population was much smaller and when the specialty of geriatrics did not exist. As a result, much of the methodology is irrelevant or unreliable in of geriatrics will frequently the elderly population and the student find himself searching in vain in the textbooks of neurology for help in assessing an elderly patient with an atypical presentation (for example disturbance of balance or recurrent confusional episodes) of some common neurological disorder.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Neurology, Nottingham University and Derby Hospitals, Nottingham, England

    Richard Godwin-Austen

  • Queen’s Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham, England

    Richard Godwin-Austen, John Bendall

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Neurology of the Elderly

  • Authors: Richard Godwin-Austen, John Bendall

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1758-2

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Limited 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-19593-1Published: 23 April 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-1758-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 148

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Neurology, Psychiatry, Geriatrics/Gerontology

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