Geriatrics

Author: Cheng Bei
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book serves as a textbook for medical students, preventive medicine students, and graduate students in higher medical institutions, as well as a reference for professionals working in geriatric medicine. The book is divided into two parts and 19 chapters. Part one provides a detailed exploration and elaboration on the basic concepts, research directions, tasks, and prospects of geriatrics, the application of epidemiology in geriatrics, the characteristics and mechanisms of aging, methods to delay aging, medication for the elderly, mental health in the elderly, and nursing care for common elderly issues. Part two comprehensively and systematically introduces the pathological and physiological changes in various systems of the elderly, as well as the concepts, epidemiological characteristics, clinical features, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, prevention and treatment, and prognosis of common diseases in the elderly. This book offers excellent guidance for clinical practice in geriatric medicine. It is rich in content, concise in language, and serves as a highly practical, scientific, informative, professional, and actionable reference book.