International experts have created, in a single volume, the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference source available on the medicine of old age. This edition has been rewritten to include 50% new material, with extensive updating and revision of the remainder of the book. The four main divisions--scientific, psychosocial, health promotion and health care delivery--cover a wide range of subjects including rehabilitation, nutrition and mental fitness and housing as well as the clinical aspects of each system in the body. Reflects the considerable advances made in the fields of neurology, psychiatry, pharmacology, communication disorders, nutrition and biochemistry. In addition, it places more emphasis on preventive medicine, community care, economics and management.
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