cover image - Ham's Primary Care Geriatrics Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 7th Edition
ISBN: 9780323876018
Copyright: 2022
Publication Date: 03-29-2021
Page Count: 592
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $84.99

Ham's Primary Care Geriatrics Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 7th Edition

by Gregg A. Warshaw, MD, Jane F. Potter, MD, Ellen Flaherty, PhD, APRN, AGSF, Matthew K. McNabney, Mitchell T. Heflin and Richard J. Ham, MD

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cover image - Ham's Primary Care Geriatrics Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 7th Edition
ISBN: 9780323876018
Copyright: 2022
Publication Date: 03-29-2021
Page Count: 592
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $84.99
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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Geriatrics**

Written with first-line primary care providers in mind, Ham’s Primary Care Geriatrics: A Case-Based Approach, 7th Edition, is a comprehensive, easy-to-read source of practical clinical guidance for this rapidly growing population. Using a unique, case-based approach, it covers the patient presentations you’re most likely to encounter, offering key clinical information, expert advice, and evidence-based medical guidelines throughout. This highly regarded text uses a consistent format and an enjoyable writing style to keep you informed, engaged, and up to date in this increasingly important field.
    • Uses a case study format that is ideal for learning, retention, and rapid recall. All case studies are thoroughly up to date with current references
    • Features an interdisciplinary perspective to provide team-oriented knowledge on the best diagnosis, treatment, and management strategies available to address the complex needs of older adults
    • Contains a new chapter on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Medicine in Older Adults, as well as completely revised or rewritten chapters on rehabilitation, infectious disease, and urinary incontinence
    • Provides up-to-date information on key topics such as opioid management and polypharmacy, the “geriatric emergency room,” cultural humility in the care of older adults, and the five signs of problematic substance abuse
    • Includes key learning objectives and USMLE-style questions in every chapter
    • Online extras include dizziness, gait, and balance video resources, a dermatology quiz, and a Cognitive Status Assessment with tests and patient teaching guides
    • Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices

  • UNIT ONE: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE
    1. Principles of Primary Care of Older Adults
    2. Interprofessional Team Care
    3. Assessment
    4. Wellness and Prevention
    5. Advanced Cultural Competency in Caring for Geriatric Patients
    6. Appropriate Prescribing
    7. Ethics
    8. Financing and Organization of Health Care
    9. Billing and Coding
    10. Hospital Care
    11. Long-Term Care
    12. Home Care
    13. Rehabilitation
    14. Palliative Care

    UNIT TWO: GERIATRIC SYNDROMES AND COMMON SPECIAL PROBLEMS
    15. Emergency Care
    16. Delirium
    17. Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
    18. Depression
    19. Balance, Gait and Mobility
    20. Falls
    21. Dizziness
    22. Syncope
    23. Urinary Incontinence
    24. Constipation and Fecal Incontinence
    25. Hearing Impairment
    26. Visual Impairment and Eye Problems
    27. Persistent Pain
    28. Malnutrition and Feeding Problems
    29. Frailty
    30. Pressure Ulcers
    31. Sleep Disorders
    32. Sexual Health
    33. Mistreatment and Neglect
    34. Alcoholism
    35. Driving

    UNIT THREE: SELECTED CLINICAL PROBLEMS OF THE ORGAN SYSTEMS
    36. Hypertension
    37. Coronary Artery Disease and Atrial Fibrillation
    38. Congestive Heart Failure
    39. Peripheral Vascular Disease
    40. Transient Ischemic Attacks and Stroke
    41. Diabetes Mellitus
    42. Thyroid Disorders
    43. Osteoporosis
    44. Arthritis and Related Disorders
    45. Foot Problems
    46. Cancer
    47. Anemia
    48. Pulmonary Disease
    49. Infectious Diseases
    50. The Acute Abdomen
    51. Benign Prostate Disease
    52. Parkinson's Disease
    53. Oral Disorders
    54. Skin Problems

  • Gregg A. Warshaw, MD, Martha Betty Semmons Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Director, Geriatric Medicine Program, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, Jane F. Potter, MD, Harris Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Chief, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Home Instead Center for Successful Aging, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, Ellen Flaherty, PhD, APRN, AGSF, Dartmouth Center for Health and Aging, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth; Department of Primary Care-Geriatrics, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA, Matthew K. McNabney, Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, Mitchell T. Heflin, Professor, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA and Richard J. Ham, MD, Director, WVU Center on Aging, Professor of Geriatric Medicine and Psychiatry, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
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