(BQ) Ebook “ABC of geriatric medicine” has contents: Introducing geriatric medicine, prescribing in older people, bone health, transient ischaemic attack and stroke, urinary incontinence, palliative care, discharge planning, intermediate care, benefits and social services, and other contents. | Geriatric Medicine Geriatric Medicine E D I TE D B Y Nicola Cooper Consultant in Acute Medicine and Geriatrics Leeds General Infirmary Great George Street Leeds, LS1 3EX Kirsty Forrest Consultant in Anaesthesia and Education Leeds General Infirmary Great George Street Leeds, LS1 3EX Graham Mulley Professor of Elderly Medicine and President of the British Geriatrics Society Consultant in Elderly Medicine, Leeds Primary Care Trust and Department of Elderly Medicine St James’s University Hospital Leeds, LS9 7TF This edition first published 2009, © 2009 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd BMJ Books is an imprint of BMJ Publishing Group Limited, used under licence by Blackwell Publishing which was acquired by John Wiley & Sons in February 2007. Blackwell’s publishing programme has been merged with Wiley’s global Scientific, Technical and Medical business to form Wiley-Blackwell. Registered office: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK Editorial offices: 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, UK 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774, USA For details of our global editorial offices, for customer services and for information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material in this book please see our website at The right of the author to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic
