Employing a unique case-based approach, Ham's Primary Care Geriatrics continues to be a comprehensive source of clinical solutions for this challenging population. This gerontology medical reference book features an interdisciplinary perspective that empowers you with team-oriented knowledge on the best diagnosis, treatment, and management strategies available to address the complex needs of older adults. Effectively treat your geriatric patients, and provide helpful guidance to their families, through engaging geriatric case studies that illustrate the principles and key clinical information you need. Form a definitive diagnosis and create the best treatment plans possible using the evidence-based medicine guidelines throughout. Find the information you need quickly and efficiently with a 2-color layout and consistent format, and test your knowledge with USMLE-style questions in every chapter. Offer your geriatric patients the most up-to-date treatment options available with six new chapters addressing Principles of Primary Care of Older Adults, Interprofessional Team Care, Billing and Coding, Frailty, Pressure Ulcers, and Anemia.

Preceded by: Primary care geriatrics : a case-based approach / [edited by] Richard J. Ham [and others]. 5th ed. 2007.

Principles and practice -- Principles of primary care of older adults -- Interprofessional team care -- Assessment -- Wellness and prevention -- Advanced cultural competency in caring for geriatric patients -- Appropriate prescribing -- Ethics -- Financing and organization of health care -- Billing and coding -- Hospital care -- Long-term care -- Home care -- Rehabilitation -- Palliative care -- Geriatric syndromes and common special problems -- Emergency care -- Delirium -- Alzheimer's disease and other dementias -- Depression -- Balance, gait, and mobility -- Falls -- Dizziness -- Syncope -- Urinary incontinence -- Constipation and fecal incontinence -- Hearing impairment -- Visual impairment and eye problems -- Persistent pain -- Malnutrition and feeding problems -- Frailty -- Pressure ulcers -- Sleep disorders -- SExual health -- Mistreatment and neglect -- Alcoholism -- Driving -- Selected clinical problems of the organ systems -- Hypertension -- Coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation -- Congestive heart failure -- Peripheral vascular disease -- Transient ischemic attacks and stroke -- Diabetes mellitus -- Thyroid disorders -- Osteoporosis -- Arthritis and related disorders -- Foot problems -- Cancer -- Anemia -- Pulmonary disease -- Infectious diseases -- The acute abdomen -- Benign prostate disease -- Parkinson's disease -- Oral disorders -- Skin problems.