The essentials of health care in old age / Gerald C. J. Bennett and Shah Ebrahim.
By: Bennett, Gerry, Dr
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Contributor(s): Bennett, Gerry, Dr. Essentials of health care of the elderly | Ebrahim, Shah.
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BookPublisher: London : Edward Arnold, 1995Edition: 2nd ed.Description: x, 237 p : ill ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0340613726.Subject(s): Older people -- Care | Older people -- Health and hygieneDDC classification: 362.6 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 362.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00074905 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This pocket-sized text provides a wide-ranging introductory section on biological gerontology, and also intregrates the medical, sociological, psychological and rehabilitational aspects of caring for elderly people. This updated and revised second edition has four new chapters covering care in the community, ethnic elders, chronic wounds and the High ESR (measurement using red cells to establish the severity of illness).
Spine title: Health care in old age.
Includes bibliographical references (page 230) and index.
Part one: Essentials of ageing -- Part two: Essential medicine of old age -- Part three: Services for elderly people.