
eBook - PDF
Medical Problems in Women over 70
When Normative Treatment Plans do not Apply
- 256 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Medical Problems in Women over 70
When Normative Treatment Plans do not Apply
About this book
Care of the older patient is characterized by increasing incidence of chronic and acute diseases, with many patients suffering from several conditions simultaneously. The susceptibility to disease increases not only because of physiological factors relating to the aging process, but also due to changes in lifestyle, such as decreased mobility. Issu
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Yes, you can access Medical Problems in Women over 70 by Margaret Rees, Louis Keith, Margaret Rees,Louis Keith in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Gynecology, Obstetrics & Midwifery. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Front cover
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Section I: Epidemiology and scope of problem
- Chapter 1. Population changes and new social structures
- Chapter 2. Health effects in the elderly from heat and cold
- Section II: Conditions affecting elderly women
- Chapter 3. Balance, falls, and osteoporotic fractures
- Chapter 4. Heart disease and stroke
- Chapter 5. Dementia, capacity, and consent
- Chapter 6. Depression and mood changes
- Chapter 7. Urogenital aging
- Section III: Management problems
- Chapter 8. Normative values of investigations in elderly women
- Chapter 9. Medication and prescribing
- Chapter 10. Complementary and alternative medicine
- Section IV: Common gynecological problems
- Chapter 11. Prolapse
- Chapter 12. Gynecological cancer
- Section V Promoting healthy living
- Chapter 13. Multidisciplinary day services for the older woman
- Chapter 14. Diet
- Chapter 15. Home, residential, and palliative care
- Chapter 16. Keeping sex alive in later years
- Index
- Back cover