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Author:   Margot Gosney (, Professor of Elderly Care Medicine, University of Reading and Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, UK) ,  Tess Harris (, General Practitioner, Sonning Common Health Centre, Reading; Senior Lecturer in Primary Care, St George's University of London, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.732kg
ISBN:  

9780199546589

ISBN 10:   0199546584
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   30 July 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Tess Harris: Introduction 2: Christina Victor: Ageing 3: Shaun T. O'Keeffe: Clinical assessment of the older patient 4: Vincent Riley, Tony Avery & Stephen Jackson: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics 5: Stephanie Houlder, Tom Fahey, Khalid Ali & Chakravarthi Rajkumar: Cardiovascular disease 6: Janice O'Connell, Michael Norton & Christopher Gray: Stroke and transient ischaemic attack 7: John Hindle & Catherine Hindle: Neurological problems 8: Stephen Allen & Patrick White: Respiratory problems 9: Willie Hamilton & Keith Bodger: Gastroenterology 10: Simon Croxson: Diabetes and endocrine problems 11: David Allsup & Michael Small: Haematological conditions 12: Nada Hassan & David Scott: Locomotor problems in older people 13: Finbarr Martin & Denise Kendrick: Falls and osteoporosis 14: Simon de Lusignan & John Feehally: Kidney problems 15: Shaun Jackson & Andrew Swift: Ear, nose and throat 16: Mark Batterbury & Nicholas Cowland: Ophthalmic problems 17: Maggie Kirkup & Diana Bloss: Dermatology 18: Joseph Grey, Julie Stevens & Keith Harding: Pressure ulceration and leg ulcers 19: Brenda Roe & Asangaedem Akpan: Incontinence 20: Peter Malone & Christopher Blick: Urology 21: Rajesh Varma: Gynaecological problems 22: David Anderson & Jim George: Psychiatry 23: David Oliver: Ethical and legal issues 24: Margot Gosney: Vulnerable adults 25: Louise Robinson & Alexa Clarke: Palliative care 26: Clive Bowman & Emma Bowman: Care home medicine 27: Chris Turnbull & Steve Iliffe: Rehabilitation and physical activity 28: Paddy Goslyn & Garry Briggs: Social services, community care and benefits 29: Heather Mercer: The voluntary sector

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Margot Gosney qualified in 1983 at the University of Liverpool. She went on to do her postgraduate training and MD in the North West of England. In 1994 she was appointed as senior lecturer in the academic department of Geriatric Medicine and subsequently to the chair of Elderly Care Medicine at the University of Reading in 2003. She has an interest in both undergraduate and postgraduate education, working as a question writer for the MRCP Part 1 and Part 2 as well as examining for PACES. Whilst in Liverpool she was co-director for three years of the undergraduate curriculum. She is external examiner for six undergraduate medical degrees as well as MSc in Gerontology in two universities. She question writes for the General Medical Council and is a member of the Part 1 PLAB panel. Tess Harris qualified from St George's Hospital Medical School in London in 1988 and has been working as a part-time general practitioner since 1994, in London, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. She has an M.Sc. in epidemiology and has been involved for many years in primary care epidemiology research, with a particular focus on older peoples' health and health care use. Her MD is in this research area and she has also published widely in topical journals.

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