Conditions of aging

Author(s)

• Dial, Lanyard K.
• American Academy of Family Physicians

Bibliographic Information

Conditions of aging

Lanyard K. Dial

（The Academy collection--quick reference guides for family physicians）

Williams & Wilkins, c1999

• pbk.

Note

"American Academy of Family Physicians."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-174) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This work covers ten of the most common conditions and concerns in elderly patients. Organized by complaint, the book aims to provide the tools for making the right diagnosis, offering the right follow-up care and counselling about risk reduction and health promotion.

Table of Contents

• Congestive heart failure
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• dementia
• depression
• hypertension
• osteoarthritis
• Parkinson's disease
• urinary incontinence
• falls
• "comfort care" for terminal illness.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA47062253
• ISBN:
  • 0683304216
• LCCN: 98022643
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Baltimore
• Pages/Volumes: xxxvii, 179 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : RC952.55
  • NLM : WT 39 D536c 1998
  • DC21 : 618.97
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Geriatrics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • LCSH : Aged -- Diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • LCSH : Family medicine -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • MESH : Geriatrics handbooks
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA46972489