Geared specifically for the family practitioner, this text provides clinical approaches to the whole geriatric patient. Topics covered in this fifth edition include behavioural disturbances in dementia, driving and the older adult, and clinical practice guidelines in the elderly.

Electronic book available via Internet through Lippincott's Clinical Choice (Books@Ovid). Revised edition of: Care of the elderly / editor, William Reichel. 4th ed. c1995.

Care of the Elderly Patient Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Management --Essential Principles in the Care of the Elderly / William Reichel, Joseph J. Gallo -- Multidimensional Assessment of the Older Patient / Susan M. Levy -- Prevention for Older Persons / John B. Murphy, Michelle Cicilline -- Clinical Practice Guidelines in Geriatrics / Edna P. Schwab, Mary Ann Forciea, Lesley Carson, Anita M. Aisner, Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey -- Drugs and the Elderly / Andrea F. Luisi, Norma J. Owens, Anne L. Hume -- Common Complaints of the Elderly / Richard J. Ham -- Diagnosis and Management of Heart Disease in the Elderly / Abdul Hakim Khan, Jeffrey I. Leaveet, Naveen S. Pereira, Nidal A. Yunis -- Hypertension in the Elderly / Cynthia D. Mulrow, Michael B. Brand -- Exercise for Older Patients / Jan Busby-Whitehead -- Stroke Prevention and Management / G. Webster Ross, Robert Paris, Helen Petrovitch -- Pulmonary Problems in the Elderly / Robert S. Crausman -- Peripheral Vascular Disease in the Elderly / Charles A. Cefalu -- Clinical Geropsychiatry / Susan W. Lehmann, Peter V. Rabins -- Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse in Older Patients / Alan A. Wartenberg, Ted D. Nirenberg -- Evaluation and Management of Delirium and Dementia / Thomas D. McRae -- Behavioral Disturbances in Dementia / Constantine G. Lyketsos, Cynthia D. Steele, Martin Steinberg -- Alzheimer's Disease: Biologic Aspects / Lisa N. Geller, William Reichel.