Geriatrik

Up to the 1990s, the influence of brain function disturbances and causes of dementia in the elderly had mostly been overlooked as a possible explanation for antisocial or unusual …

This book addresses in a structured and multidisciplinary way the medical issues related to aging, paying particular attention to the role of diagnostic imaging in the field of …

Zu erwartende demografische Veränderungen sprechen eine eindeutige Sprache: Wer heute nicht an sich selber arbeitet und deshalb morgen Hilfe und Pflege von anderen erwartet, wird …

Der Leitfaden Geriatrie Medizin bringt das medizinische Wissen auf den Punkt, das bei der Diagnosefindung und Therapie eines alten Menschen von Bedeutung ist und ermöglicht durch …

Das Buch widmet sich im theoretischen Teil den Erkenntnissen namhafter Vertreter unterschiedlicher Demenzpflegetheorien und diskutiert dabei praxisnah die Kernaussagen im Einklang …

Cachexia may well represent the flip side of the tremendous achievements of modern medicine. Many diseases rapidly leading patients to death just a few years ago, are now better …

The book explores increasing public support given to family care work (in the past, the family would take care of the elderly or infirm) and increasing growth and recognition of a …

The 1st World Congress on Geriatrics and Neurodegenerative Disease Research (GeNeDis 2014), will focus on recent advances in geriatrics and neurodegeneration, ranging from basic …

This is the first book to document comprehensively the 'state of the art' in the lifecourse epidemiology of osteoporosis. In detailed chapters, expert contributors describe the …

""Why Do We Age?"" by Hilton Hotema is a book that explores the phenomenon of aging and the reasons behind it. The author delves into the scientific and spiritual aspects of aging, …