Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine, Volume 2, Fourth Edition

Principles & Practice of Geriatric Medicine, Fourth Edition incorporates:

• More than 30 new chapters, including: Content:
  Chapter 1 Historical Perspectives (pages 1–9): Michael J. Denham
  Chapter 2 A Biological Perspective on Aging (pages 13–18): Thomas B.L. Kirkwood
  Chapter 3 Immunity and Aging (pages 19–36): Katsuiku Hirokawa, Masanori Utsuyama and Takashi Makinodan
  Chapter 4 Physiology of Aging (pages 37–46): Rafi Kevorkian
  Chapter 5 Aging of the Brain (pages 47–51): Charles Mobbs
  Chapter 6 Psychological Aspects of Aging (pages 53–57): Peggy A. Szwabo
  Chapter 7 Neurochemistry of Aging (pages 59–67): Alan M. Palmer and Paul T. Francis
  Chapter 8 Neuropathology of Aging (pages 69–84): Seth Love
  Chapter 9 The Demography of Aging (pages 87–99): Kenneth G. Manton
  Chapter 10 Social and Community Aspects of Aging (pages 101–114): Rodney M. Coe, John E. Morley and Nina Tumosa
  Chapter 11 Sexuality and Aging (pages 115–122): John E. Morley
  Chapter 12 Physical Fitness and Exercise (pages 123–140): Maria A. Fiatarone Singh
  Chapter 13 Transportation, Driving, and Older Adults (pages 141–149): Desmond O'neill and David Carr
  Chapter 14 Smoking in the Elderly (pages 151–156): Norman J. Vetter
  Chapter 15 Alcohol Use and Abuse (pages 157–168): Mary C. Dufour
  Chapter 16 On the Evolution of All?Cause and Cause?Specific Mortality in the Age Class 75–84 years: a Worldwide Overview (pages 169–180): Hugo E. Kesteloot
  Chapter 17 Elder Abuse (pages 181–188): Jed Rowe
  Chapter 18 Smart Homes (pages 189–198): Roger D. Orpwood
  Chapter 19 Preventive Geriatrics (pages 201–213): Joseph H. Flaherty and Antony J. Bayer
  Chapter 20 Polypharmacy, is this Another Disease? (pages 215–221): Oscar A. Cepeda and John E. Morley
  Chapter 21 The Problem?Orientated Approach to Geriatric Medicine (pages 223–236): Cameron G. Swift
  Chapter 22 Oral Health (pages 239–260): Janet E. Griffiths
  Chapter 23 Oral Disease (pages 261–277): Donald Murray Walker
  Chapter 24 Epidemiology of Nutrition and Aging (pages 279–290): Wija A. van Staveren and Lisette C.P.G.M. de Groot
  Chapter 25 Absorption of Nutrients (pages 291–295): Akeeb Adedokun
  Chapter 26 The Anorexia of Aging (pages 297–307): Ian M. Chapman
  Chapter 27 Weight Loss in Older Adults (pages 309–319): David R. Thomas and Bruno Vellas
  Chapter 28 Dehydration (pages 321–327): Margaret?Mary G. Wilson
  Chapter 29 Vitamins and Minerals in the Elderly (pages 329–346): Seema Joshi and John E. Morley
  Chapter 30 Obesity in the Elderly (pages 347–353): Richard Y. T. Chen and Gary A. Wittert
  Chapter 31 Changes in Gastrointestinal Motor and Sensory Function Associated with Aging (pages 357–369): Christopher K. Rayner and Michael Horowitz
  Chapter 32 Gastrointestinal Bleeding (pages 371–379): Syed H. Tariq
  Chapter 33 Liver and Gall Bladder (pages 381–393): Margaret?Mary G. Wilson
  Chapter 34 Sphincter Function (pages 395–406): Syed H. Tariq
  Chapter 35 Constipation (pages 407–415): Charlene M. Prather
  Chapter 36 Diseases of the Pancreas (pages 417–423): John S. Morris
  Chapter 37 Anemia in Older Persons (pages 427–435): David R. Thomas
  Chapter 38 Disorders of Hemostasis (pages 437–444): Kingsley K. Hampton
  Chapter 39 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (pages 445–448): Kingsley K. Hampton
  Chapter 40 Anticoagulants in the Elderly (pages 449–454): Hamsaraj G. M. Shetty and Philip A. Routledge
  Chapter 41 Myelodysplasia (pages 455–464): Martha Wadleigh, David S. Rosenthal and Richard M. Stone
  Chapter 42 Management of Leukemia in the Elderly (pages 465–471): Hussain Saba and Lodovico Balducci
  Chapter 43 Epidemiology of Heart Disease (pages 475–485): Chris Macknight and Colin Powell
  Chapter 44 Cardiac Aging and Systemic Disorders (pages 487–491): David J. Stott and Arun K. Singh
  Chapter 45 Arrhythmias in the Elderly (pages 493–513): A. John Camm and Laurence Nunn
  Chapter 46 Ischemic Heart Disease in Elderly Persons (pages 515–528): Wilbert S. Aronow
  Chapter 47 Valvular Disease in the Elderly (pages 529–539): Jeffrey S. Borer
  Chapter 48 Hypertension (pages 541–554): Ramzi R. Hajjar
  Chapter 49 Mechanisms of Heart Failure (pages 555–566): Michael P. Frenneaux and Lynne K. Williams
  Chapter 50 Heart Failure in the Elderly (pages 567–583): Michael W. Rich
  Chapter 51 Management of Acute Cardiac Emergencies and Cardiac Surgery (pages 585–592): Wilbert S. Aronow
  Chapter 52 Cardiac Surgery in the Elderly (pages 593–610): Ulrich O. von Oppell and Adam Szafranek
  Chapter 53 Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis (pages 611–622): Andrew C. Newby
  Chapter 54 Peripheral Vascular Disease in Elderly Persons (pages 623–631): Wilbert S. Aronow
  Chapter 55 Venous Thromboembolism (pages 633–638): Gordon D. O. Lowe
  Chapter 56 Cardiac Cachexia (pages 639–645): Gerhard?Paul Diller and Stefan D. Anker
  Chapter 57 Cardiac Rehabilitation in Older People (pages 647–662): Niccolo Marchionni, Francesco Fattirolli, Lucio A. Rinaldi and Giulio Masotti
  Chapter 58 Epidemiology of Respiratory Infection (pages 665–670): Joseph M. Mylotte
  Chapter 59 The Effect of Aging on the Respiratory Skeletal Muscles (pages 671–683): Meme Wijesinghe and Lindsey Dow
  Chapter 60 Aspiration Pneumonia (pages 685–692): Takashi Ohrui and Hidetada Sasaki
  Chapter 61 Respiratory Disease in the Elderly (pages 693–726): Martin J. Connolly
  Chapter 62 Pulmonary Rehabilitation (pages 727–731): Peter Spiegler and Jonathan S. Ilowite
  Chapter 63 Sleep Disorders in Elderly People (pages 733–740): Paul Montgomery
  Chapter 64 Neurological Signs of Aging (pages 743–750): Andrew J. Larner
  Chapter 65 Headache in the Elderly (pages 751–763): Stephen D. Silberstein and William B. Young
  Chapter 66 Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism in the Elderly (pages 765–776): Jeremy R. Playfer
  Chapter 67 Non Parkinsonian Movement Disorders in the Elderly (pages 777–786): Katie Kompoliti and Cynthia L. Comella
  Chapter 68 Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (pages 787–794): Dennis S. Oh and Peter McL. Black
  Chapter 69 Epidemiology of Stroke (pages 795–804): Mitchell T. Wallin and John F. Kurtzke
  Chapter 70 Management of Carotid Artery Stenosis (pages 805–814): Lucy J. Coward and Martin M. Brown
  Chapter 71 Acute Stroke (pages 815–825): Peter Crome and Elliot F. Epstein
  Chapter 72 Secondary Stroke (pages 827–839): Helen Rodgers
  Chapter 73 Communication Disorders and Dysphagia (pages 841–847): Pamela M. Enderby
  Chapter 74 Stroke Rehabilitation (pages 849–858): Lalit Kalra
  Chapter 75 Clinical Psychology in Physical Rehabilitation (pages 859–868): Julie R. Wilcox and Janice Rees
  Chapter 76 Epilepsy (pages 869–877): Pamela M. Crawford
  Chapter 77 Syncope and Nonepileptic Attacks (pages 879–887): Richard C. Roberts
  Chapter 78 Peripheral Neuropathy (pages 889–898): Bakri H. Elsheikh Mohamed and Miriam L. Freimer
  Chapter 79 Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction (pages 899–907): Ian K. Hart
  Chapter 80 Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic?Obesity (pages 909–933): Richard N. Baumgartner and Debra L. Waters
  Chapter 81 Muscle Disorders (pages 935–947): David Hilton?Jones
  Chapter 82 Motor Neurone Disease (pages 849–967): Hardev S. Pall
  Chapter 83 Abnormalities of the Autonomic Nervous System (pages 969–980): Kenneth J. Collins
  Chapter 84 Control of Chronic Pain (pages 981–990): Robert D. Helme and Benny Katz
  Chapter 85 Cervical and Lumbar Spinal Canal Stenosis (pages 991–1000): M. S. John Pathy
  Chapter 86 Spinovascular Insufficiency (pages 1001–1013): M. S. John Pathy
  Chapter 87 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (pages 1015–1025): Jan van Gijn and Gabriel J. E. Rinkel
  Chapter 88 Acute and Chronic Subdural Hematoma (pages 1027–1033): Jonathan A. Vafidis
  Chapter 89 Communication Disorders in Dementia (pages 1035–1046): Jennie A. Powell
  Chapter 90 Delirium (pages 1047–1060): Joseph H. Flaherty
  Chapter 91 Memory Clinics (pages 1061–1071): Antony J. Bayer
  Chapter 92 Cellular Changes in Alzheimer's Disease (pages 1073–1081): Jean?Pierre Brion
  Chapter 93 Clinical Aspects of Alzheimer's Disease (pages 1083–1093): Fatemeh Nourhashemi, Alan J. Sinclair and Bruno Vellas
  Chapter 94 Mild Cognitive Impairment (pages 1095–1101): Pieter Jelle Visser
  Chapter 95 Vascular Dementia (pages 1103–1109): Ingmar Skoog
  Chapter 96 Other Dementias (pages 1111–1133): Wee Shiong Lim and William A. Banks
  Chapter 97 Treatment of Behavioral Disorders (pages 1135–1148): Ladislav Volicer
  Chapter 98 Geriatric Psychiatry (pages 1149–1161): Abhilash K. Desai and George T. Grossberg
  Chapter 99 Organization of Services in Geriatric Psychiatry (pages 1163–1171): Susan M. Benbow and David Jolley
  Chapter 100 Depression in Late Life: Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatment (pages 1173–1183): Natalie Sachs?Ericsson and Dan G. Blazer
  Chapter 101 The Older Patient with Down's Syndrome (pages 1185–1189): John E. Morley
  Chapter 102 Drug Misuse and the Older Person: A Contradiction in Terms? (pages 1191–1202): Ilana B. Crome
  Chapter 103 Disorders of the Eye (pages 1203–1210): Nina Tumosa
  Chapter 104 The Epidemiology of Hearing in Aging Population (pages 1211–1218): Adrian C. Davis and Padma Moorjani
  Chapter 105 Auditory System (pages 1219–1233): R. Gareth Williams
  Chapter 106 Disorders of the Vestibular System (pages 1235–1247): Linda M. Luxon and Charlotte Agrup
  Chapter 107 Smell and Taste (pages 1249–1258): Richard L. Doty
  Chapter 108 Age?related Changes in Calcium Homeostasis and Bone Loss (pages 1259–1267): Harvey James Armbrecht
  Chapter 109 Paget's Disease of Bone (pages 1269–1279): Sanjay Sharma and Kenneth W. Lyles
  Chapter 110 Epidemiology of Osteoporosis (pages 1281–1284): Horace M. Perry
  Chapter 111 Osteoporosis and its Consequences: a Major Threat to the Quality of Life in the Elderly (pages 1285–1297): Rene Rizzoli
  Chapter 112 Gait, Balance, and Falls (pages 1299–1309): Peter W. Overstall and Thorsten Nikolaus
  Chapter 113 Foot Problems in the Elderly (pages 1311–1328): Arthur E. Helfand and Donald F. Jessett
  Chapter 114 Hip Fracture and Orthogeriatrics (pages 1329–1345): Antony Johansen and Martyn Parker
  Chapter 115 Diseases of the Joints (pages 1347–1353): Terry L. Moore
  Chapter 116 Back Pain (pages 1355–1365): John V. Butler
  Chapter 117 Water and Electrolyte Balance in Health and Disease (pages 1367–1387): Allen I. Arieff
  Chapter 118 Endocrinology of Aging (pages 1389–1395): John E. Morley and Moon J. Kim
  Chapter 119 The Pituitary Gland (pages 1397–1404): James F. Lamb and John E. Morley
  Chapter 120 Thyroid Disorders (pages 1405–1414): Rachel F. Oiknine and Arshag D. Mooradian
  Chapter 121 Ovarian and Testicular Function (pages 1415–1429): Syed H. Tariq
  Chapter 122 Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Senior Citizens (pages 1431–1445): Alan J. Sinclair and Graydon S. Meneilly
  Chapter 123 Gynecology and the Older Patient (pages 1447–1458): Radha Indusekhar, F. O'Mahony and P.M.S. O'Brien
  Chapter 124 The Aging Bladder (pages 1459–1467): James M. Cummings and Kimberly C. Berni
  Chapter 125 Prostate Diseases (pages 1469–1483): Timothy D. Moon and Jennifer L. Maskel
  Chapter 126 Urinary Incontinence (pages 1485–1493): Margaret?Mary G. Wilson
  Chapter 127 Renal Diseases (pages 1495–1506): Carlos G. Musso and Juan F. Macias?Nunez
  Chapter 128 Cancer and Aging (pages 1507–1517): Claudia Beghe and Lodovico Balducci
  Chapter 129 Oncological Emergencies and Urgencies (pages 1519–1530): Samuel Spence McCachren
  Chapter 130 Breast Cancer in the Elderly (pages 1531–1540): Robert E. Mansel and Anurag Srivastava
  Chapter 131 Multidimensional Geriatric Assessment (pages 1541–1552): Laurence Z. Rubenstein and Andreas E. Stuck
  Chapter 132 Function Assessment Scales (pages 1553–1563): Fredric D. Wolinsky
  Chapter 133 Frailty (pages 1565–1570): John E. Morley
  Chapter 134 Rehabilitation (pages 1571–1586): Paul M. Finucane and Philip J. Henschke
  Chapter 135 Skin Disorders in the Elderly (pages 1587–1604): Daniel S. Loo, Mina Yaar and Barbara A. Gilchrest
  Chapter 136 Pressure Ulceration (pages 1605–1630): Joseph E. Grey and Keith G. Harding
  Chapter 137 Perioperative and Postoperative Medical Assessment (pages 1631–1645): D. Gwyn Seymour
  Chapter 138 Anesthesia in Older People (pages 1647–1657): Suzanne Crowe
  Chapter 139 Health Issues in the Aging Female (pages 1659–1664): Carolyn D. Philpot
  Chapter 140 Antiaging (pages 1665–1680): Alfred L. Fisher
  Chapter 141 Ethical Issues (pages 1681–1688): Maureen Junker?Kenny and Davis Coakley
  Chapter 142 Restraints and Immobility (pages 1689–1700): Elizabeth A. Capezuti and Laura M. Wagner
  Chapter 143 Centenarians (pages 1701–1708): Thomas T. Perls and Dellara F. Terry
  Chapter 144 Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology (pages 1709–1722): J. Richard Harding
  Chapter 145 Infectious Diseases (pages 1723–1737): Ann R. Falsey
  Chapter 146 Tuberculosis (pages 1739–1748): Shobita Rajagopalan and Thomas T. Yoshikawa
  Chapter 147 Infective Endocarditis in the Elderly (pages 1749–1762): Philippe Moreillon, Alain Bizzini and Yok Ai Que
  Chapter 148 Infections of the Central Nervous System (pages 1763–1780): Michael Blank and Allan R. Tunkel
  Chapter 149 Geriatric Medicine Education in Europe (pages 1781–1787): Antonio Cherubini, Philippe Huber and Jean?Pierre Michel
  Chapter 157 Nursing (UK) (pages 1867–1877): Nicky Hayes
  Chapter 158 Geriatric Occupational Therapy: Focus on Participation in Meaningful Daily Living (pages 1879–1888): Karen F. Barney
  Chapter 159 Systems of Health Care: the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia (pages 1889–1905): Julie K. Gammack, Gideon A. Caplan and Krishnendu Ghosh
  Chapter 160 Geriatric Day Hospitals (pages 1907–1913): Neil D. Gillespie and Irene D. Turpie
  Chapter 161 Health and Care for Older People in the United Kingdom (pages 1915–1922): Clive Bowman and Catherine Dixon
  Chapter 162 Geriatrics in the United States (pages 1923–1933): John E. Morley and Julie K. Gammack
  Chapter 163 Geriatrics and Gerontology in Japan (pages 1935–1945): Yuko Suda and Ryutaro Takahashi
  Chapter 164 Care of the Elderly in Israel: Old Age in a Young Land (pages 1947–1952): A. Mark Clarfield, Jenny Brodsky and Arthur Leibovitz
  Chapter 165 Geriatric Medicine in China (pages 1953–1964): Leung?Wing Chu
  Chapter 166 Aging in Developing Countries (pages 1965–1976): Luis M. Gutierrez?Robledo
  Chapter 167 Geriatrics from the European Union Perspective (pages 1977–1982): Alfonso J. Cruz?Jentoft and Paul V. Knight
  Chapter 168 Delivery of Health Care in India (pages 1983–1992): Om Prakash Sharma
  Chapter 169 Geriatrics in Latin America (pages 1993–1999): Fernando Morales?Martinez and Martha Pelaez
  Chapter 170 Management of the Dying Patient (pages 2001–2016): Ilora G. Finlay and Saskie Dorman
  Chapter 150 Education in Geriatric Medicine in the United Kingdom (pages 1789–1797): Robert W. Stout
  Chapter 151 The Contribution of Family Doctors to the Primary Care of Older People: Lessons from the British Experience (pages 1799–1808): Steve Iliffe
  Chapter 152 Carers and the Role of the Family (pages 1809–1816): Jo Moriarty
  Chapter 153 Nursing Home Care (pages 1817–1826): David R. Thomas and John E. Morley
  Chapter 154 Clinical Audit of Health Care (pages 1827–1836): Jonathan M. Potter and Michael G. Pearson
  Chapter 155 Improving Quality of Care (pages 1837–1853): Julie K. Gammack and Carolyn D. Philpot
  Chapter 156 Resident Assessment Instrument/Minimum Data Set (pages 1855–1865): Brant E. Fries, Catherine Hawes, John N. Morris and Roberto Bernabei