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 47 Community-based long-term care for the elderly Déon Cox Hayley, DO, Myra Hyatt, LSCSW, and Mindy J. Fain, MD Reichel’s Care of the Elderly, 7th…
Folke S, Fridlund B. The subjective meaning of xerostomia – an aggravating misery. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being. 2009; 4:245–255. Examination techniques Salivary glands can be…
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,…
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 49 Palliative and end-of-life care for the elderly Molly M. Hanson, CRNP, Kristine Swartz, MD, and Brooke K. Worster, MD Reichel’s Care of the Elderly,…
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 50 The mistreatment of older adults Laura Mosqueda, MD, and Elizabeth O’Toole, MSPH Reichel’s Care of the Elderly, 7th Edition, ed. Jan Busby-Whitehead et al….
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 43 Surgical care of the elderly Deepika Koganti, MD, David W. Rittenhouse, MD, and Michael S. Weinstein, MD, FACS, FCCM Reichel’s Care of the Elderly,…
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…
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….
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…
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…
