This issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, guest edited by Drs. Antimisiaris and Gopalraj, is devoted to Geriatrics. Articles in this issue include: Geriatric Assessment for the Primary Care Provider; Ageism in Medicine: What is Normal Aging?; Management of Polypharmacy in the 15 Minute Office Visit; Sexuality in the Older Adult; Alzheimer's Disease and the Future; Evaluating the Older Driver; Diabetes in the Older Adult; Hormone Replacement: The Fountain of Youth?; Mental Health in Older Age; Advanced Care Planning in the Office; Pain in the Older Adult; Hyperlipidemia and Hypertension in the Older Adult; and Delirium: Assessment and Prognosis.



Klappentext

This issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, guest edited by Demetra Antimisiaris, PharmD and Laura Morton, MD, CMD, is devoted to Geriatrics. Articles in this comprehensive issue include: Managing Polypharmacy in the 15 Minute Office Visit; Sexuality in the Older Adult; Dementia for the Primary Care Provider; Hormone Replacement: The Fountain of Youth?; Depression in Older Adults; Advance Care Planning in the Outpatient Geriatric Medicine Setting; Pain in the Elderly: Identification, Evaluation and Management of the Older Adult with Pain Complaints and Pain-Related Symptoms; Delirium; The Older Adult With Diabetes And The Busy Clinician; Geriatric Assessment for the Primary Care Provider; Hypertension in the Older Adult; and Evaluation of the Older Driver.



Inhalt

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice

Geriatrics

Foreword: The Art of Managing Complexity, the Joy of Aging Gracefully

Preface: The Urgent Need for Robust Geriatric Patient Care Skills in Primary Care

Geriatric Assessment for Primary Care Providers

Managing Polypharmacy in the 15-Minute Office Visit

Sexuality in the Older Adult

Dementia for the Primary Care Provider

Evaluation of the Older Driver

The Older Adult with Diabetes and Busy Clinicians

Hormone Replacement: The Fountain of Youth?

Depression in Older Adults: A Treatable Medical Condition

Advance Care Planning in the Outpatient Geriatric Medicine Setting

Pain in the Elderly: Identification, Evaluation, and Management of Older Adults with Pain Complaints and Pain-Related Symptoms

Hypertension in the Older Adult

Delirium

Titel
Geriatrics, An Issue of Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice
EAN
9780323545679
Format
E-Book (epub)
Genre
Veröffentlichung
19.08.2017
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
16.42 MB
Anzahl Seiten
100