书目名称 | The Role of Family Physicians in Older People Care |
编辑 | Jacopo Demurtas,Nicola Veronese |
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概述 | Illustrates an evidence-based approach to the older patient in several settings and conditions.Explores quaternary prevention and deprescribing.Presents the main scores and core features of geriatrics |
丛书名称 | Practical Issues in Geriatrics |
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描述 | .This book provides family doctors with a wealth of evidence-based indications and tips regarding geriatric medicine and approaches for the management of older patients, to be applied in daily practice...After discussing old and new features of healthy ageing and the approaches required in Family Medicine Consultation, the text introduces key elements of geriatric medicine such as frailty, sarcopenia, and the comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), before describing a range of characteristics unique to older patients in different contexts, with a dedicated section on Palliative Care. The role of polypharmacy and the importance of quaternary prevention and deprescribing are also addressed...Finally, the book emphasizes both the importance of a humanistic approach in caring and the approach of research and meta-research in geriatrics. Though many texts explore the role of primary care professionals in geriatric medicine, the role of family doctors in older people care has not yet been clearly addressed, despite the growing burden of ageing, which has been dubbed the “silver tsunami.” .Family physicians care for individuals in the context of their family, community, and culture, res |
出版日期 | Book 2022 |
关键词 | Intermediate care; Palliative care; Geriatrics; Family medicine; Older People |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78923-7 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-78925-1 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-78923-7Series ISSN 2509-6060 Series E-ISSN 2509-6079 |
issn_series | 2509-6060 |
copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022 |