The most complete, authoritative guide available on the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the elderly -- updated with a new global perspective A Doody's Core Title for 2015! "In addition to serving as a timely, comprehensive, state-of-the-art textbook of geriatric medicine anchored in science, evidence-based medicine, and patient-centered practice, the book also is intended to meet the learning needs of fellows in geriatric medicine. The authors succeed in modeling a textbook of geriatric medicine on textbooks of internal medicine. 3 Stars."--Doody's Review Service The undisputed leader on the subject of geriatrics, this comprehensive guide combines gerontology principles with clinical geriatrics offering unmatched coverage of this area of medicine. Written by some of the world's most respected geriatricians, Hazzard's Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology presents the most up-to-date, evidence-based medical information available -- in a revamped 2-color design that makes finding the answers to your questions faster and easier than ever. Features: A greater emphasis on evidence-based medicine through the expanded use of Clinical Practice Guidelines and references to systematic reviews and critically appraised topicsA new international advisory board of 12 global authorities and an increased number of international contributors for a greater global perspectiveImportant new chapters on the cultural aspects of geriatrics, emergency geriatrics, hospital geriatrics, international geriatric care, and rural geriatric careInformation integrated with additional online resourcesTables, drawings, and clinical algorithms made even more effective by a new two-color design 300 illustrations (including 64 in a full-color insert)

Table of Contents:
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 Age: Paradoxes and Conundrums, Tamara B. Harris 40. Malnutrition and Enteral/Parenteral Alimentation, Jeffrey I. Wallace 41. Disorders of Swallowing, JoAnne Robbins, Jacqueline Hind, and Steven Barczi 42. Oral Cavity, Jonathan A. Ship Section F: Sensory Function 43. Assessment and Rehabilitation of Older Adults with Low Vision, Gale R. Watson 44. Age-Related Changes in the Auditory System, Su-Hua Sha, Andra E. Talaska, and Jochen Schacht Section G: Gender and Sexuality 45. Sex and Gender Across the Human Life Span, William R. Hazzard 46. Menopause and Midlife Health Changes, MaryFran R. Sowers 47. Sexuality, Sexual Function, and the Aging Woman, Stacy Tessler Lindau 48. Gynecologic Disorders, Karen L. Miller and Tomas L. Griebling 49. Sexuality, Sexual Function, Androgen Therapy, and the Aging Male, J. Lisa Tenover 50. Benign Prostate Disorders, Catherine E. DuBeau Part III: GERIATRIC SYMPTOMS 51. Aging and Hemeostatic Regulation, George A. Kuchel 52. Frailty, Linda P. Fried, Jeremy D. Walston, and Luigi Ferrucci 53. Delirium, Sharon K. Inouye, Michael A. Fearing, and Edward R. Marcantonio 54. Falls, Mary B. King 55. Sleep Disorders, Mairav Cohen-Zion and Sonia Ancoli-Israel 56. Dizziness, Aman Nanda and Richard W. Besdine 57. Syncope, Rose Anne Kenny 58. Pressure Ulcers, Barbara M. Bates-Jensen 59. Incontinence, Theodore M. Johnson, II, and Joseph G. Ouslander 60. Elder Mistreatment, Mark S. Lachs Part IV: ORGAN SYSTEMS AND DISEASES Section A: Human Brain 61. Cellular and Neurochemical Aspects of the Aging Human Brain, Mark P. Mattson 62. Cognitive Changes Associated with Normal and Pathological Aging, Suzanne Craft, Brenna Cholerton, and Mark Reger 63. Psychoactive Drug Therapy, Bruce G. Pollock, Todd P. Semla, and Christina E. Forsyth 64. Cerebrovascular Disease, Eric Edward Smith, Ferdinand Buonanno, Aneesh Bhim Singhal, and J. Philip Kistler 65. Dementia Including Alzheimer's Disease, Cynthia M. Carlson, Carey E. Gleason, Luigi Puglielli, and Sanjay Asthana 66. Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders, Stanley Fahn 67. Other Neurodegenerative Disorders, Victor Valcour and Bruce Miller 68. Traumatic Brain Injury, Sterling C. Johnson 69. Epilepsy, Ilo E. Leppik 70. Late-Life Mood Disorders, Dan G. Blazer 71. Schizophrenia, Danielle I. Anderson and Peter V. Rabins 72. General Topics in Geriatric Psychiatry, Mustafa M. Husain, Shawn M. McClintock, Kip E. Queenan, Aaron Van Wright, and Rajbir Bakshi 73. Management of Agitation in Dementia, Marcella Pascualy, Eric Petrie, Lucy Y. Wang, Suzanne B. Murray, and Elaine Peskind Section B: Cardiology 74. Effects of Aging on Cardiovascular Structure and Function, Dalane W. Kitzma and George Taffet 75. Aging and Atherosclerosis, Susan Cheng, Susan M. Bell, and Susan J. Zieman 76. Coronary Heart Disease, Eric D. Peterson and Shahyar M. Gharacholou 77. Valvular Heart Disease, Nikhila Deo and Niloo M. Edwards 78. Heart Failure, Michael W. Rich 79. Cardiac Arrhythmias, Ziao-Ke Liu, Arshad Jahangir, and Win-Kuang Shen 80. Peripheral Vascular Disease, Andrew W. Gardner, John D. Sorkin, and Azhar Afaq 81. Hypertension, Mark A. Supiano Section C: Respiratory System 82. Aging of the Respiratory System, Paul L. Enright 83. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Sachin Yende, Anne B. Newman, and don Sin 84. Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease, Victor J. Thannickal and Galen B. Toews Section D: Nephrology 85. Changes in Kidney Function, Jocelyn Wiggins and Sanjeevkumar R. Patel 86. Renal Disease, Lynn Schlanger, Jeff M. Sands, and James L. Bailey 87. End-Stage Renal Disease, Mark L. Unruh 88. Disorders of Fluid Balance, Myron Miller Section E: Gastroentorology 89. Effect of Aging on Gastrointestinal Function, Karen E. Hall 90. Hepatic, Biliary, and Pancreatic Disease, Justin C. Rice, Courtney Barancin, Mark Benson, and Michael Lucey 91. Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders, Alberto Pilotto and Marilisa Franceschi 92. Common Large Intestinal Disorders, Leon S. Maratchi and David A. Greenwald 93. Constipation, Danielle Harari Section F: Onology 94. Oncology and Aging: General Principles, Arati V. Rao and Harvey Jay Cohen 95. Breast Disease, Gretchen G. Kimmick and Hyman B. Muss 96. Prostate Cancer, Kenneth J. Pienta 97. Lung Cancer, Daniel Morgensztern, Ramaswamy Govindan, and Michael C. Perry 98. Gastrointestinal Malignancies, Nadine A. Jackson and Peter C. Enzinger 99. Intracranial Neoplasms, Noelle K. LoConte, Julie E. Chang, and H. Ian Robins 100. Skin Cancer, Mathew W. Ludgate, Timothy M. Johnson, and Timothy S. Wang Section G: Hematology 101. Aging of the Hematopoietic System, Gurkamal S. Chatta and Daniel A. Lipschitz 102. Anemia, Paulo H.M. Chaves 103. White Cell Disorders, Heidi D. Klepin and Bayard L. Powell 104. Non-Hodgkin's and Hodgkin's Lymphomas and Myeloma, William Ershler and Dan L. Longo 105. Thrombosis, Martin O'Donnell, Jeffrey S. Ginsberg, adn Clive Kearon 106. Hemorrhagic Disorders, Julia A.M. Anderson and Agnes Y.Y. Lee Section H: Endocrinology and Metabolism 107. Aging and the Endocrine System and Selected Endocrine Disorders, David A. Gruenewald and Alvin M. Matsumoto 108. Thyroid Diseases, Jerome M. Hershman, Sima Hassani, and Mary J. Samuels 109. Diabetes Mellitus, Annette M. Chang and Jeffrey B. Halter 110. Dyslipoproteinemia, Leslie I. Katzel, Jacob Blumenthal, John D. Sorkin, and Andrew P. Goldberg 111. Hyperparathyroidism and Paget's Disease of Bone, Kenneth W. Lyles Section I: Mobility and Musculoskeletal System 112. Aging of the Muscles and Joints, Richard F. Loeser, Jr., and Osvaldo Delbono 113. Biomechanics of Mobility, James A. Ashton-Miller and Neil B. Alexander 114. Exercise: Physiologic and Functional Effects, Robert S. Schwartz and Wendy M. Kohrt 115. Mobility, Jennifer Brach, Caterina Rosano, and Stephanie Studenski 116. Osteoarthritis, Shari M. Lang and Yvette L. Ju 117. Osteoporosis, Gustavo Duque and Bruce R. Troen 118. Hip Fractures, Ram R. Miller, Colleen Christmas, and Jay Magaziner 119. Myopathy, Polymyalgia Rheumatics, and Temporal Arthritis, Yuri R. Nakasato and Bruce A. Carnes 120. Rheumatoid Arthritis and Other Autoimmune Diseases, Raymond Yung 121. Back Pain and Spinal Stenosis, Leo M. Cooney, Jr. 122. Primary Considerations in Managing the Older Patient with Foot Problems, Arthur E. Helfand 123. Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndromes, Cheryl D. Bernstein and Debra K. Weiner Section J: Infectious Diseases and Immunology 124. Infection in the Elderly, Kevin P. High 125. General Principles of Antimicrobial Selection, Maureen Bolon and Stephen G. Weber 126. Pneumonia, Thomas J. Marrie 127. Urinary Tract Infections, Lindsay E. Nicolle 128. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection, Amy C. Justice 129. Herpes Zoster, Jack I. Twersky and Kenneth Schmader 130. Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Mark B. Loeb Index