Medicine in the Frail Elderly
A Problem-oriented Approach
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 1999
- Category
- General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780713145649
- Publish Date
- Apr 1999
- List Price
- $45.50
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Description
Microbial and Parasitic Infection' is a unique book for medical undergraduates and covers all aspects of infection and its causes in one volume. Infections are considered as they present a clinical setting, and include protozoa, helminths and fungi as well as bacteria and viruses. A problem-oriented approach is particularly relevant to treatment of elderly people who tend to present with multiple diseases and pathology which modify the normal signs of morbidity. This book provides comprehensive coverage of geriatric medicine using this approach; the method has manyadvantages including consistency of approach to the patient and management, facilitation of comprehensive care, and ease of training for less experienced and general physicians.
About the authors
Contributor Notes
Roy A. Fox, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Camp Hill Medical Center, Halifax. John A. H. Puxty, St Mary's on the Lake Hospital and Queen's University.