Essential for elderly healthcare

Author: Huang Cuiyao
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Based on the current situation of population aging in China and the urgent need for elderly medical and health care, the author not only systematically elaborates on the etiology, pathology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of common elderly diseases, but also, according to the new medical model and the four-dimensional health concept of physiology-psycho-social-morality, combines the characteristics of the elderly to discuss social and economic issues of elderly health care, family and marriage of the elderly, elderly health culture, as well as diet, exercise, and sleep issues for the elderly. Additionally, in the latter part of the book, it specifically introduces elderly multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, rehabilitation treatment for elderly diseases, psychology for elderly patients, perioperative issues for the elderly, medication precautions for elderly patients, and nursing characteristics of elderly diseases. The content of this book is comprehensive, up-to-date, well-balanced in detail, and highlights key points, making it a specialized work on geriatric medicine that can guide clinical elderly health care work and also serve as a teaching material for elderly medical and health care education. It is suitable for medical staff in health departments of hospitals, sanatoriums, and grassroots medical units, as well as elderly individuals and their families for reference and reading.