Geriatrics for Specialists

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Burton, John R. (Editor), Lee, Andrew G. (Editor), Potter, Jane F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Critical care medicine.; Geriatrics.; Nursing.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Primary Care Medicine.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

This book focuses on the circumstances that lead to the marked increased vulnerability of seniors and are most challenging to clinicians including the presence of multiple chronic medical conditions, variable losses of physiological function, and heterogeneity among individuals. Written by the exper...