Geriatrics, An Issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice

This issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, guest edited by Drs. Antimisiaris and Gopalraj, is devoted to Geriatrics. Articles in this issue include: Geriatric Assessment for the Primary Care Provider; Ageism in Medicine: What is Normal Aging?; Management of Polypharmacy in the 15 Minute Office Visit; Sexuality in the Older Adult; Alzheimer's Disease and the Future; Evaluating the Older Driver; Diabetes in the Older Adult; Hormone Replacement: The Fountain of Youth?; Mental Health in Older Age; Advanced Care Planning in the Office; Pain in the Older Adult; Hyperlipidemia and Hypertension in the Older Adult; and Delirium: Assessment and Prognosis.

List of contents

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice
Geriatrics
Foreword: The Art of Managing Complexity, the Joy of Aging Gracefully
Preface: The Urgent Need for Robust Geriatric Patient Care Skills in Primary Care
Geriatric Assessment for Primary Care Providers
Managing Polypharmacy in the 15-Minute Office Visit
Sexuality in the Older Adult
Dementia for the Primary Care Provider
Evaluation of the Older Driver
The Older Adult with Diabetes and Busy Clinicians
Hormone Replacement: The Fountain of Youth?
Depression in Older Adults: A Treatable Medical Condition
Advance Care Planning in the Outpatient Geriatric Medicine Setting
Pain in the Elderly: Identification, Evaluation, and Management of Older Adults with Pain Complaints and Pain-Related Symptoms
Hypertension in the Older Adult
Delirium

Product details

• Authors: Demetra Antimisiaris, Laura Morton, Morton Laura
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Science
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.09.2017
• EAN: 9780323545662
• ISBN: 978-0-323-54566-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 406 g
• Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Family & General Practice, MEDICAL / Geriatrics, MEDICAL / Reference, Geriatric medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine