Care of the older adult in the office setting / guest editor, Larry Lawhorne.
| Other author | Lawhorne, Larry. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Saunders, ©2005. |
| Description | xiv pages, pages 599-864 : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Primary care, clinics in office practice ; v. 32 , no. 3 Primary care v. 32, no. 3. ^A1196322 |
| Contents | Approaches to the office care of the older adult and the specter of dementia / Larry Lawhorne and Karen S. Ogle -- Incremental geriatric assessment / Mark Ensberg and Cynthia Gerstenlauer -- Shared decision making and determining decision-making capacity / Howard Brody -- Nutrition and aging / Mary Noel and Mohan Reddy -- Dementia care: critical interactions among primary care physicians, patients, and caregivers / Sara B. Holmes and Dale Adler -- The slippery slope: reducing fall risk in older adults / Francis A. Komara -- Urinary incontinence: basic evaluation and management in the primary care office / Linda J. Keilman -- Hypertension in the elderly / Michael Maddens, Khaled Imam, and Ayham Ashkar -- Approaches to appropriate drug prescribing for the older adult / Kim Petrone and Paul Katz -- Depression in the older adult / Larry Lawhorne -- The primary care physician's role in nursing facility care / Seki A. Balogun and Jonathan Evans -- End-of-life care for older adults / Karen S. Ogle and Katrina Hopper. |
| General note | "September 2005." |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN | 1416027165 : |