TY - BOOK AU - Nicholl,Claire AU - Wilson,K.Jane TI - Elderly care medicine: lecture notes T2 - Lecture notes series SN - 9780470654545 U1 - 618.97 23 PY - 2012/// CY - West Sussex, England PB - Wiley-Blackwell, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Publications KW - Geriatrics KW - NGU-sh KW - Older people KW - diseases KW - medical care N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The world grows old -- Health and social care for elderly people in the UK -- Special features of medicine in the elderly -- Old age psychiatry -- Falls and immobility -- Bones, joints and muscles -- Stroke made simple -- Other diseases of the nervous system -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Respiratory disease -- Gastrointestinal disease and nutrition -- Disorders of homeostasis and metabolism -- Genitourinary disease -- Blood and bone marrow -- Legal and ethical aspects of medical care of elderly people -- Palliative care -- Index ER -