Catálogo de libros: Medicina geriátrica

135 Catálogo de libros: Medicina geriátrica

Medicina / Medicina clínica e interna / Medicina geriátrica
Libros Eliminar filtro Inglés Eliminar filtro Medicina Eliminar filtro Medicina clínica e interna Eliminar filtro Medicina geriátrica Eliminar filtro Quitar filtros
  • EVIDENCE-BASE CLIN CHN MED (V9)
    Brian H May / BRIAN H MAY & MEI FENG
    The ninth volume of Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine aims to provide a multi-faceted 'whole evidence' analysis of the management of vascular dementia in Chinese and integrative medicine.Beginning with overviews of how vascular dementia is conceptualized and managed in both conventional medicine and contemporary Chinese medicine, the authors then provide detailed analyse...
    Disponible

    72,69 €

  • Is It Alzheimer’s?
    Peter V Rabins
    Perhaps someone in your family has been diagnosed with Alzheimer disease--or maybe you worry about developing memory loss yourself. In Is It Alzheimer's?, Dr. Peter V. Rabins, a top expert in the field, educates readers by answering 101 often-asked questions about memory loss and dementia.Written in a conversational, easy-to-use Q&A style, the book is organized into seven u...
    Disponible

    39,74 €

  • Smiling Babies
    Lasting Happiness
    Give your loved one the dignity and respect they deserve.Whether your loved one has symptoms of dementia or is facing another one of life’s challenges, encouraging them to read can help with their confidence and self-esteem as well as spark hidden memories. Offering a children’s book to read can seem demeaning and adult books are often text heavy with too few pictures. Inside t...
    Disponible

    11,52 €

  • The Unheralded Triumph
    Jon C Teaford
    In 1888 the British observer James Bryce declared "the government of cities" to be "the one conspicuous failure of the United States." During the following two decades, urban reformers would repeat Bryce's words with ritualistic regularity; nearly a century later, his comment continues to set the tone for most assessments of nineteenth-century city government. Yet by the en...
    Disponible

    79,47 €

  • Handbook of Research on Health Systems and Organizations for an Aging Society
    Population aging is a growing challenge worldwide. As such, new models of provision, organization, and allocation of resources, particularly in healthcare, are needed. As the self-care and long-term care needs of this age group become more prevalent, the importance of improved health services and effective health management strategies are apparent. The Handbook of Research on H...
    Disponible

    530,28 €

  • Socioeconomic Status and Functional Ability Among Older Adults
    Dorothy McCawley
    Abstract:This research examines the health-SES link, specifically as regards the process of disability in older adults as regards difficulty with physical actions. The AHEAD longitudinal survey includes information n physical actions as well as finances and health behaviors. The data offers the opportunity to analyze the specific functional trajectories of the respondents throu...
    Disponible

    80,93 €

  • Socioeconomic Status and Functional Ability Among Older Adults
    Dorothy McCawley
    Abstract:This research examines the health-SES link, specifically as regards the process of disability in older adults as regards difficulty with physical actions. The AHEAD longitudinal survey includes information n physical actions as well as finances and health behaviors. The data offers the opportunity to analyze the specific functional trajectories of the respondents throu...
    Disponible

    111,44 €

  • The Event-related Potential 'P3'
    Sharon Sandridge
    Abstract:The growth of the older population in America brings with it a new set of problems. One such problem is the loss of hearing sensitivity and speech perception. For many, the ability to hear decreases with advancing age. For a percentage of those adults, this decreased ability to hear involves a greater reduction in understanding speech than would be expected based solel...
    Disponible

    80,10 €

  • The Event-related Potential 'P3'
    Sharon Sandridge
    Abstract:The growth of the older population in America brings with it a new set of problems. One such problem is the loss of hearing sensitivity and speech perception. For many, the ability to hear decreases with advancing age. For a percentage of those adults, this decreased ability to hear involves a greater reduction in understanding speech than would be expected based solel...
    Disponible

    110,60 €

  • Aging in the Global South
    This book explores how the forces of development have shaped the experience of aging in countries in the global south. It points to the challenges and opportunities that lie in developing innovative, sustainable programs to support elderly care services. ...
    Disponible

    129,08 €

  • Principles of Geriatric Critical Care
    ...
    Disponible

    54,20 €

  • Medical Implications of Basic Research in Aging Volume 2
    Andrew R Mendelsohn / James W Larrick
    Medical Implications of Basic Research in Aging Volume 2 provides an updated sampling through 2017 of the most important discoveries of the past several years relevant to aging research in the context of enhancing life- and healthspan. Have you ever wondered if there is anything that you can do to slow aging or prevent diseases associated with aging? Are you interested in enhan...
    Disponible

    53,77 €

  • Handbook of Research on Geriatric Health, Treatment, and Care
    Mental and physical disorders are common in old age but frequently remain undetected and untreated. Managing treatment and controlling symptoms of these disorders is imperative to the longevity and quality of life of patients. The Handbook of Research on Geriatric Health, Treatment, and Care provides emerging research on promoting health in older adults by preventing and treati...
    Disponible

    492,10 €

  • Retirement Communities 101
    Dana Cornwell Bodney
    Researching retirement communities for yourself or a loved one can be very confusing. Most seniors will refer to this as their “last move”. The heat is on to wade through all the options and information to choose the best community based on their individual situation and circumstances. Your research will include surfing the internet, calling specific communities of interest bas...
    Disponible

    9,54 €

  • The Alzheimer’s Prevention Food Guide
    SeAnne Safaii-Waite / Sue Stillman Linja
    Fortify your diet to help prevent Alzheimer’s.It’s natural to be concerned that there’s nothing you can do to reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s-especially if it runs in your family. Fortunately, there is something that can help prevent it: the right diet. The Alzheimer’s Prevention Food Guide is a nutritional guide to the food that protects your brain.With this guide, you can loo...
    Disponible

    14,58 €

  • The Rheumatoid Arthritis Cookbook
    Caitlin Samson
    The revolutionary cookbook for managing rheumatoid arthritis.Nutrition plays an important role in finding day-to-day relief from joint pain and stiffness. The Rheumatoid Arthritis Cookbook is the groundbreaking cookbook for people with RA, written to take control of symptoms through delicious and nutritious meals.From chia-coconut porridge for breakfast to lamb souvlaki for din...
    Disponible

    27,78 €

  • Gerontechnology
    Sunkyo Kwon
    ...
    Disponible

    128,75 €

  • AGING LUNGS, THE
    RICHARD BUCALA & PATTY J LEE
     This volume provides a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary overview of the aging lung, written by the main researchers in the field. Current physiological, cellular and molecular understanding of how the lungs age and the relationship to age-associated lung diseases will be presented. The contents are aimed at a broad audience of scientists and clinicians with an interest in ...
    Disponible

    232,85 €

  • Alzheimer’s Disease
    MPH MBA Frank Bradford MD
    Take Control of Your Health Now! Age is the strongest predictor of developing Alzheimer’s disease. If you live long enough, you stand a good chance of getting it. The brain abnormalities that cause this terrible disease start decades before symptoms appear. There is no treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Prevention is the only hope. This book is jam-packed with scientifically-ba...
    Disponible

    29,47 €

  • Palliative Care for Older People
    Current projections indicate that by 2050 the number of people aged over 80 years old will rise to 395 million and that by this date 25-30% of people over the age of 85 will show some degree of cognitive decline. Palliative care for older people: A public health perspective provides a comprehensive account of the current state of palliative care for older people worldwide and i...
    Disponible

    81,45 €

  • HUMAN AGEING
    MICHAEL A SINGER
    Human Ageing: A Unique Experience explores the biology of human ageing focusing on the individual. The book begins with the premature ageing disorder Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome and spins a web of interconnected biological domains involving lamins, telomeres, alternative splicing, genetics, epigenetics, and molecular clocks. The profound influence of culture is explore...
    Disponible

    159,42 €

  • Geriatric Medicine
    People are living longer and the population over the age of 60 is burgeoning, with repercussions for health services and healthcare expenditure in developed countries. Crucially, disease aetiology, diagnosis, and treatment in older people differ from the general adult population. Older people often have complicated co- morbidities and respond to treatment in different ways comp...
    Disponible

    61,10 €

  • 101+ Careers in Gerontology, Second Edition (Revised)
    C. Joanne Grabinski / CJoanne Grabinski
    "101+ Careers is rich with useful information. I highly recommend the book for any student, emerging, or re-careering professional exploring their options for a career in gerontology and the resources they may need to go about pursuing it."Jarmin Yeh, Institute for Health and Aging and Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences School of Nursing at the University of Californi...
    Disponible

    42,43 €

  • Cold War, Deadly Fevers
    Marcos Cueto
    In the mid-1950s, with planning and funding from the United States, Mexico embarked on an ambitious campaign to eradicate malaria, which was widespread and persistent. This new history explores the politics of that campaign. Marcos Cueto describes the international basis of the program, its national organization in Mexico, its local implementation by health practitioners and wo...
    Disponible

    40,71 €

  • Aging Together
    John T. McFadden / Susan H. McFadden
    Never in human history have there been so many people entering old age-roughly one-third of whom will experience some form of neurodegeneration as they age. This seismic demographic shift will force us all to rethink how we live and deal with our aging population.Susan H. McFadden and John T. McFadden propose a radical reconstruction of our societal understanding of old age. Ra...
    Disponible

    40,65 €

  • Medical Implications of Basic Research in Aging
    Andrew R. Mendelsohn / James W. Larrick
    Medical Implications of Basic Research in Aging provides a sampling of the most important discoveries of the past several years relevant to aging research in the context of enhancing life- and healthspan. Have you ever wondered if there is anything that you can do to slow aging or prevent diseases associated with aging? Are you interested in enhancing your health based on the l...
    Disponible

    40,16 €

  • Managing Alzheimer’s and Dementia Behaviors
    Gary Joseph Leblanc
    Managing Alzheimer’s and Dementia Behaviors...The primary purpose of this booklet is to assist both 'Healthcare Professionals' and 'Family Caregivers' alike in providing the best care possible to those afflicted with Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia of any kind. No less important, however, is another objective; for the information contained within these pages to be a catalyst in...
    Disponible

    12,15 €

  • Public Health for an Aging Society
    Public Health and Aging was published to critical acclaim almost fifteen years ago. Much has changed in public health since then. Thomas R. Prohaska, Lynda A. Anderson, and Robert H. Binstock now offer a completely new and updated overview of the field in Public Health for an Aging Society.This comprehensive survey discusses research, policy, and practice; managing and preventi...
    Disponible

    56,99 €

  • Compact Clinical Guide to Geriatric Pain Management
    Ann Quinlan-Colwell
    'Older adults can be especially susceptible to the debilitating effects of chronic pain, yet there are often barriers to successfully alleviating pain on the part of elderly patients and the health care professionals who treat them. This comprehensive guide to geriatric pain management provides the most current information available on assessment and treatment of pain in older ...
    Disponible

    70,87 €

  • Restorative Care Nursing for Older Adults
    Barbara Resnick / Elizabeth Galik / Marie Boltz
    ' [This] book provides a practical hands-on perspective for implementing function focused care in all settings? [It] is a unique resource that is relevant for all nurses and health care providers working with older adults. In addition to addressing functional decline, function-focused care provides a fresh and practical solution to many of the problems that tend to arise with o...
    Disponible

    87,77 €


01 02 03 04 05