Lecture Notes:Elderly Care Medicine 8판

1 The world grows old, 1

2 Health and social care for elderly people in the UK, 11

3 Special features of medicine in the elderly, 30

4 Old age psychiatry, 44

5 Falls and immobility, 63

6 Bones, joints and muscles, 77

7 Stroke made simple, 91

8 Other diseases of the nervous system, 105

9 Cardiovascular disorders, 119

10 Respiratory disease, 137

11 Gastrointestinal disease and nutrition, 148

12 Disorders of homeostasis and metabolism, 169

13 Genitourinary disease, 178

14 Blood and bone marrow, 191

15 Eyes, ears, mouth and skin, 203

16 Legal and ethical aspects of medical care of elderly people, 220

17 Palliative care, 231

Index, 241