TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - High-Value Health Services A1 - Kane, Robert L. A1 - Ouslander, Joseph G. A1 - Resnick, Barbara A1 - Malone, Michael L. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, 8e AB - One metaphor for geriatrics is a set of chopsticks—one labeled “chronic disease care” and the other “gerontology.” Both need to work in coordination in order to achieve good geriatric care. The latter refers largely to the contents of this book: the syndromes associated with aging, the atypical presentations of disease, and diseases closely linked to aging. Chronic disease management (addressed in Chapter 4) is complicated by the difficulties of managing multiple, simultaneous, interactive problems. Health care for older persons consists largely of addressing the problems associated with multiple chronic illnesses. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1149537142 ER -