Overview
The population is aging rapidly, even faster than demographers envisioned two decades ago. Longevity, especially for women, has nearly doubled, since the beg- ning of the twentieth century, now approaching 85. People over 80 are the fastest growing segment in the aging epidemic. Remarkably every day now 1,000 Ame- cans will celebrate their 100th birthday! Today, many 70-year-old persons, who have aged successfully, have about the same degree of health and vigor as people 50 years old, a generation ago. Despite these gains, it is an inescapable truism that increasing age is associated with increasing physiologic losses, which negatively affect the quality of life. P- sons in their eighties and nineties may be taking as many as 10 different medicines daily to control and moderate age-dependent disorders such as arthritis, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, Alzheimer’s. Textbooks of geriatric medicine recognize and give each of these the space they deserve. By contrast, age-associated cutaneous disorders are given short shrift in geriatric texts. Skin disorders, when mentioned at all, are inadequately presented. This do- grading of cutaneous disorders occurs despite the ndings of national health surveys which showed that people over 70 years of age had at least one skin disorder w- thy of medical attention. Startlingly, the same rigorously conducted epidemiologic survey showed that the number and diversity of skin problems increased proporti- ately with advancing age. Some older persons had as many as 10 problems which were deemed to be worthy of medical attention.
Full Product Details
Author: Robert A. Norman, MD ,
A.M. Kligman
Publisher: Springer London Ltd
Imprint: Springer London Ltd
Edition: 2008 ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.557kg
ISBN: 9781846286773
ISBN 10: 1846286778
Pages: 348
Publication Date: 25 August 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
From the reviews: This book ... covers various topics in general dermatology pertaining to aged skin. ... The audience is geriatricians. ... it may be a good introductory book for geriatricians who want a better understanding of their patients' skin problems. (Patricia Wong, Doody's Review Services, December, 2008)
From the reviews: This book ... covers various topics in general dermatology pertaining to aged skin. ... The audience is geriatricians. ... it may be a good introductory book for geriatricians who want a better understanding of their patients' skin problems. (Patricia Wong, Doody's Review Services, December, 2008)
From the reviews: This book ! covers various topics in general dermatology pertaining to aged skin. ! The audience is geriatricians. ! it may be a good introductory book for geriatricians who want a better understanding of their patients' skin problems. (Patricia Wong, Doody's Review Services, December, 2008)
From the reviews: This book ... covers various topics in general dermatology pertaining to aged skin. ... The audience is geriatricians. ... it may be a good introductory book for geriatricians who want a better understanding of their patients' skin problems. (Patricia Wong, Doody's Review Services, December, 2008)
Author Information
Robert Norman is an experienced geriatric dermatologist and has published several dermatology textbooks.
