Published August, 2010
By Peter A. Lichtenberg
Publisher: Elsevier (Academic Press Inc)
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Various trends in mental healthcare practice and a rapid increase in the aged population are causing an explosion in the fields of clinical gerontology and geropsychology. This handbook offers clinicians and graduate students guidelines and tools for assessing general mental health, cognitive functioning, functional age, and behavior deficits.

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Published August, 2010
By Gregory M. Fahy, Michael D. West, L. Stephen Coles, Stephen B. Harris, L. Steven Coles and Michael West
Publisher: Springer
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Just as the health costs of aging threaten to bankrupt developed countries, this book makes the scientific case that a biological "bailout" could be on the way, and that human aging can be different in the future than it is today.

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Published August, 2010
By J G Reves, J.G. Reves, Jeffrey Silverstein, Alec Rooke and Charles H. McLeskey
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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Geriatric anesthesia is a rapidly growing and evolving field and this is the major revision of a classic anesthesia reference. The editors of this second edition are uniquely situated to put together a text highlighting both essential knowledge and recent breakthroughs of importance to all who work with the elderly.

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Published August, 2010
By Abhilash K. Desai
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Examines what is a healthy aging brain and covers preventive measures for successful cognitive aging. This book covers such topics as: a road map to healthy aging brain; cardiovascular risk factors, cerebrovascular disease burden and healthy aging brain; and, healthy aging brain - impact of head injury, alcohol and environmental toxins.

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Published August, 2010
By John E. Morley
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Includes such articles as Aging Male - Demographics and Unique Aspects; Sexuality and Aging Male; Late Life Onset Hypogonadism; Erectile Dysfunction; Benign Prostate Hypertrophy; Prostate Cancer; Lower Urinary Tract Symptomatology; Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome; Frailty; Nutritional Aspects; and, Osteoporosis in Older Males.

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Published August, 2010
By John Keady and Sue Watts
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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The mental health needs of older people are all too often overlooked or put down to the inevitable effects of old age. This much-needed textbook will make it much easier for health professionals - from psychologists to nurses - to identify, treat and support the needs of this vulnerable group.

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Published August, 2010
By John Keady and Sue Watts
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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The mental health needs of older people are all too often overlooked or put down to the inevitable effects of old age. This much-needed textbook will make it much easier for health professionals - from psychologists to nurses - to identify, treat and support the needs of this vulnerable group.

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Published August, 2010
By Mark P. Jensen, Ivan R. Molton and Ivan Molten
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Orthopedics
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Covers articles such as: A Biopsychosocial Perspective; Aging with a Physical Disability - Maintainance and Transition in Employment, Benefits, and Insurance; Psychological Functioning; Exercise and Physical Activity; Communication Issues; Pain, Fatigue, and Sleep Dysruption; and, Aging with Cerebral Palsy.

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Published August, 2010
By Konrad Beyreuther, Heinz Hafner and Wolfgang Schlicht
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Schriften der Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse
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Die Landesakademie veranstaltet aus Anlass des 100-jahrigen Jubilaums der Wiedergrundung der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften gemeinsam mit den Universitaten des Landes Baden-Wurttemberg Tagungen und Vortragsreihen.

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Published July, 2010
By Gerard J. Criner, Rodger E. Barnette and Gilbert E. D'Alonzo
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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The new edition of this best-selling study guide covers all aspects of critical care medicine, includes key points for quick reference and self-assessment questions and answers at the end of each chapter. Includes case studies, tables, and illustrations.

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