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Overview
This second edition continues its mission of improving practical, clinical knowledge among physicians and others caring for elderly people, while providing updated information on several major areas in the field. Reflecting current practice trends, a new chapter on home care has been added as well as one on comprehensive geriatric assessment. Revised guidelines for falls, incontinence, and drug treatment are also featured. Designed to provide both quick reference to clinical problem-solving schemes and lists, as well as a lucid, readable discussion of basic topics in geriatrics, the books value lies in its combination of brief, readily understandable chapters, a section of notes in outline form, straightforward clinical approaches, didactic exercises, and new updated case studies. Family physicians, primary care internists, and other primary specialists caring for elderly people will thus find the book of great value. It also belongs on the shelf of residents, and individual health care professionals, as well as in nursing homes, hospitals, where it will serve as a clinical reference guide.
The book contains black-and-white illustrations.
Synopsis
The second edition of PROTOCOLS IN PRIMARY CARE GERIATRICS continues its mission of improving practical, clinical knowledge among physicians and others caring for elderly people, while providing updated information on several major areas in the field. Reflecting current practice trends, a new chapter on home care has been added as well as one on comprehensive geriatric assessment. Revised guidelines for falls, incontinence, and drug treatment are also featured. Designed to provide both quick reference to clinical problem-solving schemes and lists, as well as a lucid, readable discussion of basic topics in geriatrics, the book's value lies in its combination of brief, readable chapters, a section of notes in outline form, staightforward clinical approaches, didactic exercises, and new updated case studies. Family physicians, primary care internists, and other primary specialists caring for elderly people will find this book of great value. It is also not to be missed by residents, as well as nursing homes, hospitals, and indiviual health care professionals, other than physicians, who will benefit from its use as a clinical reference guide.
Isaac Kleinman
This is the second edition of a primary care geriatrics text first published in 1991. This slim volume is packed with useful information necessary for caring for the frail elderly. It is intended for medical students, residents, practicing physicians and others wishing to develop knowledge and skills in this area. It has an unusual and useful structure. Part I consists of compact narrative chapters covering the core content of the field of geriatrics: geriatric assessment, major clinical problems, etc. Each chapter is concluded with case reports illustrating the subjects covered in the chapters. These are each followed by a brief quiz offering various choices in diagnosis and management of the case. The cases chosen illustrate the everyday diagnostic and management problems that physicians face. An appendix at the end of Part 1, arranged chapter by chapter, discuses all the answer choices given for each quiz and the rationale behind the appropriate choice. Part II consists of outlines of each chapter in Part I, teasing out the important elements and "pearls" of each, emphasizing and reinforcing the most important lessons to be learned from each chapter. There are a few diagrams and algorithms. There are no illustrations, but the text in no way suffers from their absence. I highly recommend this gem of a book. It is stimulating and informative. The author is unusually literate and lacking in pedantry, making for an unusually readable textbook.
Editorials
From The Critics
Reviewer: Isaac Kleinman, MD(Baylor College of Medicine)Description: This is the second edition of a primary care geriatrics text first published in 1991.
Purpose: This slim volume is packed with useful information necessary for caring for the frail elderly.
Audience: It is intended for medical students, residents, practicing physicians and others wishing to develop knowledge and skills in this area.
Features: It has an unusual and useful structure. Part I consists of compact narrative chapters covering the core content of the field of geriatrics: geriatric assessment, major clinical problems, etc. Each chapter is concluded with case reports illustrating the subjects covered in the chapters. These are each followed by a brief quiz offering various choices in diagnosis and management of the case. The cases chosen illustrate the everyday diagnostic and management problems that physicians face. An appendix at the end of Part 1, arranged chapter by chapter, discuses all the answer choices given for each quiz and the rationale behind the appropriate choice. Part II consists of outlines of each chapter in Part I, teasing out the important elements and "pearls" of each, emphasizing and reinforcing the most important lessons to be learned from each chapter. There are a few diagrams and algorithms. There are no illustrations, but the text in no way suffers from their absence.
Assessment: I highly recommend this gem of a book. It is stimulating and informative. The author is unusually literate and lacking in pedantry, making for an unusually readable textbook.
Isaac Kleinman
This is the second edition of a primary care geriatrics text first published in 1991. This slim volume is packed with useful information necessary for caring for the frail elderly. It is intended for medical students, residents, practicing physicians and others wishing to develop knowledge and skills in this area. It has an unusual and useful structure. Part I consists of compact narrative chapters covering the core content of the field of geriatrics: geriatric assessment, major clinical problems, etc. Each chapter is concluded with case reports illustrating the subjects covered in the chapters. These are each followed by a brief quiz offering various choices in diagnosis and management of the case. The cases chosen illustrate the everyday diagnostic and management problems that physicians face. An appendix at the end of Part 1, arranged chapter by chapter, discuses all the answer choices given for each quiz and the rationale behind the appropriate choice. Part II consists of outlines of each chapter in Part I, teasing out the important elements and "pearls" of each, emphasizing and reinforcing the most important lessons to be learned from each chapter. There are a few diagrams and algorithms. There are no illustrations, but the text in no way suffers from their absence. I highly recommend this gem of a book. It is stimulating and informative. The author is unusually literate and lacking in pedantry, making for an unusually readable textbook.Booknews
Practical clinical knowledge for primary care physicians and others caring for elderly people. The first section contains chapter-length discussions of various important topics, each followed by an exercise, usually based on a case study. Comments on the various possible answers are found at the end of the volume. The second section is essentially a quick-reference outline of the first section. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)4 Stars! from Doody