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Print Price: $97.95

Format:
Hardback
512 pp.
31 illus., 160 mm x 243 mm

ISBN-13:
9780195052909

Publication date:
October 1992

Imprint: OUP US

The Clinical Care of the Aged Person

An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Edited by David G. Satin
with Barbara A. Blakeney, Jennifer M. Bottomley, Margot C. Howe and Helen D. Smith

As the population of aged people increases throughout the world, the need for comprehensive, integrated geriatric care is rapidly becoming a high priority. Developed from an education program in clinical geriatrics offered through the Division on Aging of the Harvard Medical School, this authoritative text provides broad, interdisciplinary coverage of geriatric health care. The book incorporates the theory and skill needed for many disciplines to work together effectively. It integrates the various topics covered by way of section introductions, cross-references within chapters, a case study and case conference, and an introductory chapter of discussions among a panel of aged people. With contributions from a wide range of experts, this book teaches an interdisciplinary perspective on the aged and their health care, and examines the working relationships among the many professionals providing care for the aged.

Readership : All health care fields including: clinicians, administrators, and policy-makers. Also undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate professional education programs.

Reviews

"Attempts to describe the interdisciplinary nature of caring for older persons and the nature of interdisciplinary teams. . . . features case studies with comments from all team members and individual chapters from various disciplines about health care of older persons." --David O. Staats (Univ. of Illinois), Doody's Journal
"This is a substantial textbook that grew out of an interdisciplinary geriatrics course created by a consortium of Eastern schools and departments teaching health professionals....The informational articles...are concise but complete surveys of their respective disciplines, including many helpful tables and charts...case examples, and even photos in the chapter on oral health, so that this is really an impressive reference for any professional working with geriatric individuals." --Kathryn Betts Adams, MSW, Clinical Gerontologist
"This work is intended to occupy a new niche by covering the care of the elderly patient from the perspective of an interdisciplinary team. The result is a rich compendium of material, much of which is not available in this degree of detail in any standard textbook of geriatrics.....For those who are involved in the care of elderly people and who are already committed to an interdisciplinary approach, this collection will serve as an excellent reference." --Muriel R. Gillick, MD, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, NEJM
"Really an impressive reference for any professional working with geriatric individuals....There are also excellent chapters on emotional and cognitive issues of the aged and the aging family....By the end the professionals accomplished a wide variety of tasks while demonstrating a solid aspect for one another and clearly placing the interests of the client above their own."--Kathryn Betts Adams, Clinical Gerontologist

1. M. Eaton, et al: The Aged View Their Health Care
Part I: Clinical Issues for the Individual
B.A. Blakeney, et al: Introduction
2. B.A. Blakeney and T.A. O'Malley: Physical Health Problems and Treatment of the Aged
3. D.G. Satin: Emotional and Cognitive Issues in the Care of the Aged
4. A.S. Papas: Oral Health and Treatment of the Aged
5. J.M. Scavone: Drug Therapy in the Aged Patient
6. J.T. Dwyer: Nutritional Concerns and Problems of the Aged
7. J.M. Bottomley: Principles and Practice in Geriatric Rehabilitation
Part II: Interpersonal and Societal Issues
B.A. Blakeney, et al: Introduction
8. F.L. Portnoy: The Aged and their Families
9. M.C. Howe: Work, Productivity, and Worth in Old Age
10. D. Barnard: Ethical Issues at the End of Life
11. T.F. O'Hare: Legal Issues in the Care of the Aged
12. A.M. Jette: Disability Trends and Community Long-Term Health Care for the Aged
13. G.S. Koocher and D.S. Piktialis: The Economics of the Health Care System: Financing Health Care for the Aged Person
Part III: Theoretical Issues of Interdisciplinary Education and Practice
B.A. Blakeney, et al: Introduction
14. D.G. Satin: The Interdisciplinary, Integrated Approach to Professional Practice with the Aged
15. B.S. Siegel: Developing the Interdisciplinary Team
16. L. Gurland: Attitudes, Values, and Ideologies as Influences on the Professional Education and Practice of those who Care for the Aged
Part IV: The Interdisciplinary Care of Aged Persons -- An Integration of the Issues
B.A. Blakeney, et al: Introduction
17. D. Barnard, et al: An Interdisciplinary Case Conference
Index

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David G. Satin, M.D., was educated at Princeton University and the Harvard Medical School. He had fellowship training in both Community Mental Health and Research Methods for Psychiatrists. He is currently Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School and a lecturer at the Boston University School of Medicine Division of Psychiatry, and is on the staff at both the Newton-Wellesley and McLean Hospitals.

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Special Features

comprehensive, as opposed to prior texts which deal only with certain issues (e.g., physical health) or certain disciplines (e.g., nursing)
teaches an integrated approach between all the issues by including case studies, panel discussions, and cross-references throughout the text
creates an interdisciplinary perspective by including contributions from a wide range of specialists in multi-authored chapters