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Highly Commended in the Medicine category at the BMA Book Awards

This brand new edition has been fully updated to ensure it remains an invaluable guide for trainees, consultant geriatricians, medical students, and everyone caring for older patients. The handbook has been refreshed throughout to reflect the latest advances in geriatric medicine, as well as changes in working practices and environments.

It provides a succinct, targeted approach to the field and covers significant developments including a new chapter on Frailty, Covid and its impact, delirium screening, evolution of the Geriatrician's role, Deprivation of Liberty and Liberty Protection Safeguards, and changing models of care with rapid assessment in the emergency ward.

Using clinical vignettes and how-to boxes to provide practical advice on common problems, this is a relevant, accessible, and essential resource for all medical staff. Taking a clinical, evidence-based approach, written by experts, and presented in a clear, practical, bullet-point style for rapid reference, this handbook will be a friendly, experienced, and knowledgeable companion at your side.
Highly Commended in the Medicine category at the BMA Book Awards

This brand new edition has been fully updated to ensure it remains an invaluable guide for trainees, consultant geriatricians, medical students, and everyone caring for older patients. The handbook has been refreshed throughout to reflect the latest advances in geriatric medicine, as well as changes in working practices and environments.

It provides a succinct, targeted approach to the field and covers significant developments including a new chapter on Frailty, Covid and its impact, delirium screening, evolution of the Geriatrician's role, Deprivation of Liberty and Liberty Protection Safeguards, and changing models of care with rapid assessment in the emergency ward.

Using clinical vignettes and how-to boxes to provide practical advice on common problems, this is a relevant, accessible, and essential resource for all medical staff. Taking a clinical, evidence-based approach, written by experts, and presented in a clear, practical, bullet-point style for rapid reference, this handbook will be a friendly, experienced, and knowledgeable companion at your side.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 1: Ageing

  • 2: Organizing geriatric services

  • 3: Clinical assessment of older people

  • 4: Rehabilitation

  • 5: Falls and funny turns

  • 6: Drugs

  • 7: Neurology

  • 8: Stroke

  • 9: Psychiatry

  • 10: Cardiovascular

  • 11: Chest medicine

  • 12: Gastroenterology

  • 13: Renal medicine

  • 14: Homeostasis

  • 15: Endocrinology

  • 16: Haematology

  • 17: Musculoskeletal system

  • 18: Pressure injuries

  • 19: Genitourinary medicine

  • 20: Incontinence

  • 21: Ears

  • 22: Eyes

  • 23: Skin

  • 24: Infection and immunity

  • 25: Malignancy

  • 26: Death and dying

  • 27: Ethics

  • 28: Finances

  • 29: Peri-operative medicine

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Fachbereich: Andere Fachgebiete
Genre: Importe, Medizin
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Reihe: Oxford Handbooks Series
Oxford Medical Handbooks
ISBN-13: 9780198873655
ISBN-10: 0198873654
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Blätter
Autor: Bowker, Lesley
Montagu, Alexandra
Shah, Kunal
Smith, Sarah
Auflage: 4. Auflage
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 180 x 105 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: Lesley Bowker (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.01.2026
Gewicht: 0,366 kg
Artikel-ID: 134616965