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The Merck manual of health & aging /

Contributor(s): Beers, Mark H.
Publisher: Whitehouse Station, NJ : Merck Research Laboratories, 2004Description: xxix, 961 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0911910360 :; 9780911910360.Subject(s): Ageing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Gerontology | Older people -- Health and hygiene -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | LongevityDDC classification: 613.0438
Contents:
Section 1. Fundamentals of aging. Age-old questions -- How the body ages -- The aging of America -- Section 2. Caring for self and others. Preventive medical care -- Maintaining good nutrition -- Drugs and aging -- Complementary or alternative medicine -- Communicating with health care practitioners -- Continuity of care -- Understanding medical tests -- Hospital care -- Undergoing surgery -- Rehabilitation -- Long-term care -- Caregiving -- Palliative and end-of-life care -- Section 3. Medical conditions. Nutritional disorders -- Water and electrolyte balance -- Hypothermia and hyperthermia --Dizziness and fainting -- Falls -- Osteoporosis -- Fractures -- Pain -- Confusion -- Delirium -- Dementia -- Stroke -- Nerve disorders -- Movement disorders -- Sleep -- Mental health disorders -- Thyroid disorders -- Diabetes mellitus -- Skin disorders -- Eye disorders -- Hearing and the ear -- Nose and throat disorders -- Mouth and dental disorders -- Foot disorders -- Arthritis -- Temporal arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica -- High blood pressure -- Blood vessel disorders -- Coronary artery disease -- Heart failure -- Abnormal heart rhythms -- Heart valve disorders -- Blood disorders--
Finding and living with cancer -- Cancers -- Pneumonia and influenza -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Swallowing and reflux disorders -- Bowel movement disorders -- Urinary tract infections -- Urinary incontinence -- Female genital and sexual disorders -- Male genital and sexual disorders -- Exercise -- Section 4. Social, legal, and ethical issues. Coping with change -- Driving -- Intimacy -- Mistreatment -- Understanding legal and ethical issues -- Paying for health care -- Appendix I: Drug names : generic and trade -- Appendix II: Resources for help and information.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 613.0438 BEE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0066292
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Includes index.

Section 1. Fundamentals of aging. Age-old questions -- How the body ages -- The aging of America -- Section 2. Caring for self and others. Preventive medical care -- Maintaining good nutrition -- Drugs and aging -- Complementary or alternative medicine -- Communicating with health care practitioners -- Continuity of care -- Understanding medical tests -- Hospital care -- Undergoing surgery -- Rehabilitation -- Long-term care -- Caregiving -- Palliative and end-of-life care -- Section 3. Medical conditions. Nutritional disorders -- Water and electrolyte balance -- Hypothermia and hyperthermia --Dizziness and fainting -- Falls -- Osteoporosis -- Fractures -- Pain -- Confusion -- Delirium -- Dementia -- Stroke -- Nerve disorders -- Movement disorders -- Sleep -- Mental health disorders -- Thyroid disorders -- Diabetes mellitus -- Skin disorders -- Eye disorders -- Hearing and the ear -- Nose and throat disorders -- Mouth and dental disorders -- Foot disorders -- Arthritis -- Temporal arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica -- High blood pressure -- Blood vessel disorders -- Coronary artery disease -- Heart failure -- Abnormal heart rhythms -- Heart valve disorders -- Blood disorders--

Finding and living with cancer -- Cancers -- Pneumonia and influenza -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- Swallowing and reflux disorders -- Bowel movement disorders -- Urinary tract infections -- Urinary incontinence -- Female genital and sexual disorders -- Male genital and sexual disorders -- Exercise -- Section 4. Social, legal, and ethical issues. Coping with change -- Driving -- Intimacy -- Mistreatment -- Understanding legal and ethical issues -- Paying for health care -- Appendix I: Drug names : generic and trade -- Appendix II: Resources for help and information.

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