RT Book, Section
A1 Kane, Robert L.
A1 Ouslander, Joseph G.
A1 Resnick, Barbara
A1 Malone, Michael L.
SR Print(0)
ID 1149537142
T1 High-Value Health Services
T2 Essentials of Clinical Geriatrics, 8e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259860515
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1149537142
RD 2024/04/19
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.