Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Geriatrics, 3rd Edition

The definitive guide to safe, effective care of older adults―updated with important new content and streamlined for quick access

• Covers
  the complete range of topics in geriatric care, including theory and
  fundamentals, assessment, conditions, diseases, symptoms, policies, and
  societal issues that affect older patients
• Provides a framework
  for using the functional and cognitive status, prognosis, and social
  context of patients to guide diagnosis and treatment of medical
  conditions
• Delivers essential information on important topics
  such as delirium, cognitive impairment, dementia, falls and mobility
  disorders, Parkinson disease and other movement disorders, sleep
  disorders, and arthritis
• Includes guidance on care in all
  settings – clinic, home, hospital, and long-term care, as well as pre-
  and post-operative settings
• New content on technology to enhance
  geriatric care, caregiving support, the unique needs of older
  immigrants, Medicare and Medicaid, legal issues and conservatorship, aid
  in dying, assisted living care, short-stay rehabilitation, prostate
  cancer, marijuana use, syncope, and driving safety