Essential Facts in Geriatric MedicineHealthcare 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. |
Contents
Demography of the ageing population of the United Kingdom 27 | 2 |
Social processes in ageing | 7 |
Clinical aspects of old age | 11 |
Ageassociated physiological changes | 12 |
Prevention of disease and disability | 22 |
Specific features of disease presentation | 27 |
Pharmacology and therapeutics | 32 |
Principles of rehabilitation | 37 |
Hearing impairmenttinnitus | 129 |
Visual impairment | 133 |
Hypertension | 136 |
Heart failure | 142 |
Atrial fibrillation | 149 |
Stroke | 153 |
Parkinsons disease | 161 |
Bowel and bladder management | 165 |
Domiciliary care for disabled older people | 46 |
Legal aspects | 54 |
Ethical issues | 66 |
Palliative care | 77 |
Clinical problems encountered in old age 8888 | 89 |
Osteoporosis | 96 |
Mental health problems | 104 |
Pressure sores | 121 |
Leg ulcers | 124 |
Hypothermia | 126 |
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Essential Facts in Geriatric Medicine Catherine Bracewell,Rosaire Gray,Gurcharan S. Rai Limited preview - 2010 |
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