Advance care planning

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 59 Advance care planningUsing values and orders in end-of-life care Stephen S. Hanson, PhD, and David J. Doukas, MD Reichel’s Care of the Elderly, 7th…

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Ethical decision making in the care of the elderly

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 60 Ethical decision making in the care of the elderly G. Kevin Donovan, MD, MA Reichel’s Care of the Elderly, 7th Edition, ed. Jan Busby-Whitehead…

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Performance improvement in a changing health-care system

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 57 Performance improvement in a changing health-care system Albert G. Crawford, PhD, MBA, MSIS, John F. McAna, PhD, and Matthew Alcusky, PharmD, MS Reichel’s Care…

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Health-care organization and financing

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 58 Health-care organization and financing Peter Hollmann, MD Reichel’s Care of the Elderly, 7th Edition, ed. Jan Busby-Whitehead et al. Published by Cambridge University Press….

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Aging in adults with intellectual disabilities and severe and persistent mental illness

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 46 Aging in adults with intellectual disabilities and severe and persistent mental illness Jan S. Greenberg, PhD, Marsha R. Mailick, PhD, and Eun Ha Namkung,…

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Cultural competence and health literacy

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Figure 55.1 Projected percent of ethnic minority elders. The series of National Health Disparities Reports confirm that disparities resulting in poorer health status and poorer health care exist for elders…

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Geriatric otolaryngology

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 40 Geriatric otolaryngology Rebecca J. Kamil, BS, Carrie Nieman, MD, MPH, and Frank R. Lin, MD, PhD Reichel’s Care of the Elderly, 7th Edition, ed….

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Cancer in the elderly

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Figure 38.1 Lead-time and length-time bias. (A) Lead-time bias: early detection of slow growing cancers artificially increases cancer-specific survival. (B) Length-time bias: a screening test performed at one point in…

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Anemia and other hematological problems in the elderly

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Figure 37.1 Age-specific SEER incidence rates, 2007–2011. Data is from the SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) program. Multiple myeloma commonly presents with a hypoproliferative anemia, which is present in…

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Caregiving

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html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 56 Caregiving Susan Parks, MD, Laraine Winter, PhD, and Danielle Snyderman, MD, CMD Reichel’s Care of the Elderly, 7th Edition, ed. Jan Busby-Whitehead et al….

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