Jeffrey B. Halter, MDProfessor of Internal Medicine
Chief, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Director, Geriatrics Center, Medical School and Research
Professor, Institute of Gerontology
University of Michigan
Joseph Ouslander, MD
Professor of Medicine and Nursing
Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
Emory University
Mary E. Tinetti, MD
Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health
Director, Yale Hartford Foundation Center of Excellence in Aging
Director, Yale Program on Aging
Director, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
Yale University
Nancy Woolard, MD
Project Manager, Roena Kulynych Center for Memory and Cognition Research
School of Medicine
Wake Forest University
Stephanie A. Studenski, MD, MPH
Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine
Director, Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center
Director of Clinical Research, University of Pittsburgh Institute on Aging
University of Pittsburgh
Sanjay Asthana, MD
Head, Section of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
Director of Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin
Foreword
Preface
Part I: PRINCIPLES OF GERONTOLOGY
1. Biology of Aging and Longevity, Richard A. Miller
2. Genetics of Age-Dependent Human Disease, Thomas B.L. Kirkwood
3. Immunology and Aging, Birgit Weinberger, Daniela Weiskopf, and Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein
4. Inflammation and Aging, Jeremy D. Wilson
5. Demography and Epidemiology, Jack M. Guralnik and Luigi Ferrucci
6. International Gerontology, Roberto Bernabei, Len Gray, John Hirdes, Xiaomei Pei, Jean Claude Henrard, Palmi V. Jonsson, Graziano Onder, Giovanni Gambassi, Naoki Ikegami, Annette Hylen Ranhoff, Iain G. Carpenter, Rowan H. Harwood, Brant E. Fries, John N. Morris, and Knight Steel
7. Psychosocial Aspects of Aging, Richard Schulz and Steven M. Albert
8. General Principles of Pharmacology, Sarah N. Hilmer and Gary A. Ford
9. Preventive Gerontology: Strategies for Optimizing Health Across the Life Span, Elizabeth A. Phelan, Miguel A. Paniagua, and William R. Hazzard
Part II: PRINCIPLES OF GERIATRICS
10. Evaluation, Management, and Decision Making with the Older Patient, Sharon E. Straus and Mary E. Tinetti
Section A: Assessment
11. Principles of Geriatric Assessment, David B. Reuben and Sonja Rosen
12. Mental Status and Neurological Examination in Older Adults, James E. Galvin
13. Assessment of Decisional Capacity and Competencies, Margaret A. Drickamer and James M. Lai
14. Principles of Screening in Older Adults, Louise C. Walter
Section B: Organization of Care
15. Health Care System, Chad Boult
16. Transitions, William L. Lyons and Eric A. Coleman
17. Acute Hospital Care, Scott A. Flanders, Paula M. Podrazik, Chad Whelan, and Caroline Blaum
18. Emergency Department Care, Scott T. Wilber and Lowell W. Gerson
19. Critical Care in the Elderly, Eric B. Milbrandt and Derek C. Angus
20. Subacute Care, Edward R. Marcantonio and Mark Yurkofsky
21. Nursing Facility Care, Mary Pat Rapp and Keith L. Rapp
22. Community-Based Long-Term Care and Home Care, Jennifer Hayashi and Bruce Leff
23. Rural Aging, Kenneth Brummel-Smith
Section C: Special Management Issues
24. Appropriate Approach to Prescribing, Paula A. Rochon, Jennifer Tjia, Sudeep S. Gill, and Jerry H. Gurwitz
25. Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Aging, Joseph T. Hanlon, Marc R. Blackman, and Ronald M. Glick
26. Team Care, Ellen Flaherty, Kathryn Hyer, and Terry Fulmer
27. Social Work, Ruth E. Dunkle and Mary Catherine Dennis
28. Self-Management of Health Behavior in Geriatric Medicine, W. Jack Rejeski, Lawrence R. Brawley, and Mary E. Jung
29. Rehabilitation of the Older Adult, Cynthia J. Brown and Claire Peel
30. Pain Management, Bruce A. Ferrell and Susan I. Charette
31. Palliative Care, Audrey Chun and R. Sean Morrison
32. Legal Issues, Marshall B. Kapp
33. Spirituality, Timothy P. Daaleman
34. Ethical Issues in Geriatric Medicine, Jason H. T. Karlawish and Bryan D. James
Section D: Surgical Management
35. Perioperative Evaluation and Management, Preeti N. Malani, Peter V. Vaitkevicius, and Mark B. Orringer
36. Anesthesia for Elderly Patients, Jeffrey H. Silverstein and G. Alec Rooke
37. Surgical Outcomes, Emily Finlayson and John D. Birkmeyer
Section E: Nutrition
38. Nutrition and Aging, Dennis H. Sullivan and Larry E. Johnson
39. Weight and