Geriatric medicine
The Older Patient in Clinical Routine
A Practical Textbook of Acute Geriatrics
by Pinter / Likar / Kada / Janig / Schippinger / Cernic
Description
Acute geriatrics has become an important specialist discipline. It comprises the preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative care for older patients under consideration of the bio-psycho-social model. Multimorbidity, atypical courses of disease, increased risk of complications and many further aspects should be included in the support concept for the often very vulnerable patients. In this book, essential practice-relevant content of the acute geriatric work is presented, based on case studies.
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Author Biography
Dr. Georg Pinter, Departmental Manager of the House of Geriatrics at the Klagenfurt Medical Centre. Prof. Dr. Rudolf Likar, Departmental Manager of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at the Klagenfurt Medical Centre. FH-Prof. Dr Olivia Kada, Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Kärnten. Prof. Dr. Herbert Janig, retired professor of psychology at the University of Klagenfurt Alpe Adria on WS. PD Dr. Walter Schippinger, Medical Director of the Albert Schweitzer Clinic, Geriatric Health Centers in Graz. Dr. Karl Cernic, Commercial Director, Klagenfurt Medical Centre.
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- Publisher W. Kolhammer GmbH
- Orginal LanguageGerman
- Publication Country or regionGermany
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 149 EUR
- Pages480
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusUnpublished
- EditionFirst Edition
- Dimensions24 x 17
