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Instructs clinicians on the evaluation of the older person, covering assessment of mental status, fu...
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Instructs clinicians on the evaluation of the older person, covering assessment of mental status, function, social situation, physical examination, and health promotion and disease prevention. Discusses ethnicity in geriatric assessment, the older driver, and assessment in special settings, and presents a case study of a geriatric assessment program at a university hospital. This third edition contains a new chapter on social and economic aspects of care. Gallo is affiliated with the department of family practice and community medicine and the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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