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Oxford Handbook of Geriatric Medicine 4th Edition By Lesley Bowker, Alexandra Montagu, Kunal Shah, Sarah Smith

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Pages: 716
File size: 10.81 MB
Format: Digital PDF
Course: Medicine
Category: eBook[PDF]

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The Oxford Handbook of Geriatric Medicine (4th Edition), authored by Lesley Bowker, Alexandra Montagu, Kunal Shah, and Sarah Smith, covers a comprehensive array of clinical, practical, and systemic themes tailored to the care of older patients. [1, 2]

New & Key Focus Areas in the 4th Edition

The updated edition highlights modern shifts in elderly care, including new material on frailty and emergency care models, COVID-19 impacts, delirium screening, and legal/safeguarding updates like Liberty Protection Safeguards. [1]

Chapter Overview

The comprehensive 29-chapter structure spans foundational ageing concepts, geriatric syndromes, organ-system specialties, and end-of-life care: [1]

Foundations & Services: Ageing, organizing services, clinical assessment, and rehabilitation (Chapters 1–4).
Geriatric Syndromes & Therapeutics: Falls, pharmacology, pressure injuries, and incontinence (Chapters 5–6, 18, 20).
Organ Systems & Clinical Specialties: Neurology, stroke, psychiatry (dementia/depression), cardiovascular, chest medicine, and various medical specialties (Chapters 7–17, 19, 21–25).
Ethics, Surgery, & End-of-Life: Death and dying, ethics, finances, and peri-operative care (Chapters 26–29). [1]