Publication Year: 2011
Edition: 1st
Authors/Editor: Albert, Martin; Knoefel, Janice
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0-19-536929-8
Doody's Star Rating®:
Score: 93With a deft touch, the editors - Drs. Martin Albert and Janice Knoefel - have incorporated the geriatric care perspective and a quality-oriented approach to health care throughout the volume.
Now divided into 9 comprehensive sections, the Third Edition contains subjects ranging from geriatric assessment to pain management and palliative care. Specific sections include: Introduction to Geriatric Neurology; Neurological Assessment in Aging; Cognitive Disorders in Aging; Motor Disorders in Aging; Neuropsychiatric Illness in Aging; Sensory Disturbance in Aging; Peripheral Neurology of Aging; Disease States in Elderly; and Neurological Therapeutics.
This is the definitive reference, useful for all clinicians caring for older people and informative to those who set policies that affect research and clinical practice.