Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics

The third edition of the successful Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics provides primary care physicians and residents in geriatric medicine with a complete clinical guide to treating elderly patients. Extensively revised and updated, it covers all aspects of the diagnosis and management of common problems presenting elderly patients. The book also covers many of the non-clinical problems that often cause complications in the patient, such as social and environmental problems, dementia, incontinence, and instability and falling.