Lecture Notes: Elderly Care Medicine - Tapa blanda

'If you are looking for a book that provides you with a quick overview of geriatric medicine, focuses in key points only and is small enough to fit in your white coat this is the ideal book.' GKT Gazette, 2001 'An excellent book overall. I would have used this book regularly during my elderly care attachment for reference when around the wards and clinics and for reading prior to tutorials.' 5th year medical student (Southampton) 'This is the perfect accompaniment to those 'problems of old age' modules that there is never enough time for. The lecture notes series is good and this is no exception.' Sphincter, Liverpool Medical school Gazette 'I'm very impressed with it...Contains enough detail to answer questions on a ward round!' 4th year medical student (UEA)

Lecture Notes: Elderly Care Medicine is the perfect choice for those in search of a textbook which discusses the physiological changes of ageing and how this affects the presentation and treatment of disease in the elderly patient. This tried and trusted handbook, now in its seventh edition, can be used as a core text, a revision aid and a quick reference guide for medical students, junior doctors and other health professionals. Extensively revised and updated to reflect recent advances in knowledge and developments in management, Lecture Notes: Elderly Care Medicine now features: * new information on health and social care for the elderly * useful appendices covering questionnaires and examination criteria for use on the wards * key point boxes and mnemonics to aid learning and revision.