20 Common Problems in Preventive Healthcare - Softcover

Adelman, Alan M.; Daly, Mel P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070005184 ISBN 13: 9780070005181

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2000

Synopsis

This text looks at the most common reasons that lead patients to seek care. Focusing on geriatrics, this book covers pathophysiology, patient evaluation, diagnosis and treatment. Topics include confusion/memory loss, nutrition, and polypharmacy.

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Review

"This is a brilliantly conceived and executed book for primary care, office-based physicians that highlights in a meaningful way 20 common problems in older adults. This would make a marvelous textbook for discussing outpatient issues in geriatrics."

From the Back Cover

This user-friendly guide is packed with practical solutions to the problems you face daily.

Features:

-Answers to the most common health problems seen in the elderly from constipation and skin disorders to memory loss, dizziness, and prostate problems

-Practical guidance on polypharmacy, caregiver issues, advance directives,
end-of-life medicine, and much more

-A practical approach to managing chronic disease

-Quick reference charts and tables that organize symptoms, treatments, drug dosages, and more

-Useful algorithms that aid diagnosis and treatment

-Easy-to-read analyses of therapies and diagnostics

-Advice on how behavioral, holistic, and family approaches can enhance outcomes and patient satisfaction

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070005184
• ISBN 13: 9780070005181
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Adelman Alan M., Daly Mel P.