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Health Welfare and Aging in Bridgetown, Barbados
Pan American Health Organization 2000; US$ 15.00The survey to evaluate the determinants of health and well-being among the elderly in Latin America and the Caribbean (known for its Spanish acronym, SABE) tapped more than 11,000 persons 60 years old and older in seven of the Region?s cities: Buenos Aires (Argentina), Bridgetown (Barbados), Săo Paulo (Brasil), Santiago (Chile), Havana (Cuba), México... more...
Radiologia geriatrica
Springer 2007; US$ 39.99La "cultura geriatrica" - intesa come conoscenza e dominio dei processi di invecchiamento - non ha avuto ancora piena affermazione in campo medico-sanitario. Questo comporta che il piy delle volte non si sappia distinguere a pieno il limite tra il fisiologico e il patologico che distinge l'anziano sano con gli inevitabili "acciacchi"... more...
Homocysteine: Related Vitamins and Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Springer 2007; US$ 79.99During the last 15 years the research on homocysteine and the vitamins involved in its metabolism has become very dynamic. About 1,500 publications on the subject are now published each year. The research has long mainly focused on the association between homocysteine and cardiovascular disease, but also pregnancy complications/ fetal malformations.... more...
Beifahrersitzbuch - Ambulante Pflege
Springer 2007; US$ 31.99Allein im Auto und kein Kollege, den man "mal eben" fragen kann? Das Beifahrersitzbuch ist ideal für unterwegs: Zum schnellen Nachschlagen vor, aber auch nach neuen, unbekannten oder vergessenen Pflegesituationen: alle Inhalte der praktischen ambulanten Patientenversorgung von A bis Z, einfache, praxisnahe Beschreibungen von Pflegehandlungen, viele... more...
New Ways to Care for Older People
Springer Publishing Company 2004; US$ 60.00This book conveys the good news: there is considerable evidence that practitioners themselves can design more effective systems of care for older people, often at lower costs. The researchers here point the way ahead: "evidence-based" interventions; proactive population-based care programs; patient-centered delivery models--all developed... more...
Annual Review of Nursing Research, 20 (2002)
Springer Publishing Company 2002; US$ 90.00Designated a Doody's Core Title!. This twentieth volume of this landmark series focuses on geriatric nursing research. Clinicians, educators, students, and researchers will find an up-to-date synthesis of nursing research relating to over a dozen important topics, including pain, pressure ulcers, dementia, home health and hearing impairment. Future-oriented... more...
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 22 (2002)
Springer Publishing Company 2003; US$ 90.00Leading scholars focus on the economics of aging, with a particular emphasis on the economic future of the baby boom generation. Key themes include the influence of early advantages on later-life economic outcomes (the cumulative advantage/cumulative disadvantage hypothesis); the relationship between inequalities in economic status and inequalities... more...
How to Teach Continuing Medical Education
Wiley 2009; US$ 49.95This new volume in the concise "How To" series explores the foundations and principles of continuing education of professionals and then relates these to the practice of teaching the various modalities used in CME. The areas covered include experiential learning, group dynamics, situated learning and reflective practice - and make these understandable... more...
ABC of Patient Safety
Wiley 2009; US$ 46.99This brand new title in the popular ABC series offers an up-to-date introduction on improving patient safety in primary and secondary care. The ABC of Patient Safety covers an area of increasing importance in healthcare and provides a clear description of the underlying principles that influence practice. Patient safety is now an integral part of... more...
ABC of Geriatric Medicine
Wiley 2009; US$ 46.95Demographic trends confirm what clinicians already know - they are spending increasing amounts of time dealing with older people. This new ABC provides an introduction to the new and increasing challenges of treating older patients in a variety of settings. ABC of Geriatric Medicine provides an overview of geriatric medicine in practice. Chapters... more...









