Ageing and dementia : a methodological approach

Author(s)

• Burns, Alistair S.

Bibliographic Information

Ageing and dementia : a methodological approach

edited by Alistair Burns

（Research studies in gerontology / Age Concern Institute of Gerontology）

Edward Arnold, 1993

Note

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Examines the methods of studying dementia, both as a disease process in its own right and as a component of normal ageing. Dementia has become highly prominent in clinical medicine and research as the size of the ageing population has expanded in recent years.

Table of Contents

• Ageing and dementia - a nosological and neuropathological perspective, C.Q. Mountjoy
• biological aspects of ageing, A. Hipkiss
• the epidemiology of senile dementia, J. Lindsay
• longitudinal changes in cognitive function, A. Little and A. Burns
• computerized assessment of cognitive function in ageing and dementia, A. Owen
• neuro-imaging, M. de Leon
• survival studies, G. Lewis and A. Burns
• neurological signs in ageing and dementia, E. Franssen
• neuropathology and neurochemistry of ageing and dementia, P. Luthert
• the effect of drugs on memory, M. Kopelman
• assessment of non-cognitive phenomena in dementia, T. Hope and V. Patel
• services to people with dementia and their carers, E. Levin and J. Moriarty
• carers in dementia, R. Morris and L. Morris
• medical morbidity in dementia, H. Frost and W. Hewer.

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Details

• NCID: BA21990345
• ISBN:
  • 0340568380
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 292 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 616.8983
  • NLM : WT150
• Subject Headings:
  • MESH : Dementia, Senile
  • MESH : Aging
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA13011364