TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 15. Health Services
A1  - Kane, Robert L.
A1  - Ouslander, Joseph G.
A1  - Abrass, Itamar B.
A1  - Resnick, Barbara
Y1  - 2013
N1  - 
T2  - Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, 7e
AB  - Geriatrics  can  be  thought  of  as  the  intersection  of  chronic  disease  care  and  gerontology.  The  latter  refers  largely  to  the  contents  of  this  book:  the  syndromes  associated  with  aging,  the  atypical  presentations  of  disease,  and  the  difficulties  of  managing  multiple,  simultaneous,  interactive  problems.  Health  care  for  older  persons  consists  largely  of  addressing  the  problems  associated  with  multiple  chronic  illnesses.  However,  medical  care  continues  to  be  practiced  as  though  it  consisted  of  a  series  of  discrete  encounters.  What  is  needed  is  a  systematic  approach  to  chronic  care  that  encourages  clinicians  to  recognize  the  overall  course  expected  for  each  patient  and  to  manage  treatment  within  those  parameters.  Chapter  4  traces  a  number  of  strategies  designed  to  improve  the  management  of  chronic  disease.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/17
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57736626
ER  -