Essential Facts in Geriatric Medicine - Softcover

McPherson, Ann; Donovan, Chris; Mcfarlane, Aidan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857758676 ISBN 13: 9781857758672

Publisher: CRC Press, 2002

Synopsis

Healthcare of Young People provides essential practical and useful information to help meet the health needs of adolescents and ties in with the government's teenage pregnancy strategy and initiatives from the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal College of Nursing. It covers all the relevant topics including an outline of the major health problems that young people suffer how to manage the common illnesses of adolescence getting it right for teenagers in your practice the role of the primary care nurse and essential issues regarding confidentiality consent and refusal. This book ensures that all members of the practice team can be adequately trained to understand the health needs of adolescents with an emphasis on how to make the practice a friendlier place for them. It contains resources that can be photocopied or used as templates and also includes useful statistics case studies and examples of protocols and guidelines. It is an essential manual for general practitioners nurses practice managers receptionists and all members of the primary healthcare team.

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Review

From reviews of the first edition 'This book will be of particular use to doctors but also to all those involved in the care of older people.' BOOKNEWS 'Teeming with an impressive amount of knowledge, principles and practice relating to this challenging and complex specialty.' --Hospital Doctor

Synopsis

In response to the new diploma in geriatric medicine, three British physicians review the clinical aspects of old age and the clinical problems encountered in old age. They outline age-associated physiological changes, the principles of rehabilitation, pharmacology, and the legal aspects of working with the elderly, and provide guidelines for preve

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857758676
• ISBN 13: 9781857758672
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 120