This book provides a comprehensive overview of the two important issues relating to disease in
elderly: the age-related changes and the pathophysiology of the diseases. The book contains 19
chapters that are arranged by organ system and structured to cover the specific areas for a
quick but in-depth understanding of diseases in aging patients. Unlike any other book on the
market this text is concise and yet thorough in approach to the stipulated areas. This book
includes multiple-choice questions that reinforce the concepts that are most vital to
understanding and treating geriatric patients making it an outstanding resource on its own or
as a companion to larger geriatric texts. Diseases in the Elderly is the ultimate resource for
geriatricians medical students primary care physicians hospital doctors geriatric nurses
and all other medical professionals treating and diagnosing diseases in elderly patients.
