Geriatric Nursing Books

New and Published Books

1. Heart Failure, Second Edition

   Edited by Marc Semigran, Jordan T. Shin

   Series: Fundamental and Clinical Cardiology

   The Second Edition of Heart Failure provides the latest advancements in heart failure research. More than 200 high-quality figures and illustrations help the cardiologist and emergency care physician quickly and accurately identify the cause and severity of a patient’s cardiac impairment. New...

   Published December 6th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Vitamin D

   Oxidative Stress, Immunity, and Aging

   Edited by Adrian F. Gombart

   Series: Oxidative Stress and Disease

   Vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency is a worldwide, public health problem in both developed and developing countries. Rickets among infants has reemerged. Low levels of vitamin D are associated with increased risk and mortality from cancer. At the same time, the beneficial effects of vitamin D on a...

   Published November 20th 2012 by CRC Press
3. Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Third Edition

   Edited by Jennifer I. Lim

   The value of Age-Related Macular Degeneration has clearly stood the test of time, but progress in both basic and clinical ophthalmology has been relentless, thereby mandating the need for an updated book. The physicians, scientists, and patients who read this Third Edition will be reassured that...

   Published November 14th 2012 by CRC Press
4. Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine

   Edited by Antje Kampf, Barbara L. Marshall, Alan Petersen

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness

   Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine explores the multiple socio-historical contexts surrounding men’s aging bodies in modern medicine from a global perspective. The first of its kind, it investigates the interrelated aspects of aging, masculinities and biomedicine, allowing for a timely...

   Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge
5. Alzheimer's Disease

   Targets for New Clinical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies

   Edited by Renee D. Wegrzyn, Alan S. Rudolph

   Series: Frontiers in Neuroscience

   In recent years, a tremendous amount of effort has been focused on better understanding the fundamentals of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) to facilitate early and accurate diagnosis and appropriately targeted therapeutic treatments. Alzheimer’s Disease: Targets for New Clinical, Diagnostic, and...

   Published April 25th 2012 by CRC Press
6. Healthcare Sensor Networks

   Challenges Toward Practical Implementation

   Edited by Daniel Tze Huei Lai, Marimuthu Palaniswami, Rezaul Begg

   Healthcare sensor networks (HSNs) now offer the possibility to continuously monitor human activity and physiological signals in a mobile environment. Such sensor networks may be able to reduce the strain on the present healthcare workforce by providing new autonomous monitoring services ranging...

   Published September 27th 2011 by CRC Press
7. DHEA in Human Health and Aging

   Edited by Ronald Ross Watson

   Reduced production of DHEA associated with the diseases that accompany aging has led to its use as a nutritional supplement for antiaging, metabolic support, and other purposes. While animal studies have clearly shown substantial benefits of DHEA in combating various disease states, the effect of...

   Published July 21st 2011 by CRC Press
8. Diet and Nutrition in Palliative Care

   Edited by Victor R. Preedy

   Optimal terminal and palliative care requires consideration of the patient and family unit as well as cultural and religious sensitivities. The patient’s well being in terms of mobility, anxiety, stress, social interaction, and pain control needs expert focus and attention. Furthermore, there is an...

   Published May 23rd 2011 by CRC Press
9. Generational Intelligence

   A Critical Approach to Age Relations

   By Simon Biggs, Ariela Lowenstein

   The question of communication and understanding between different generations is emerging as a key issue for the twenty-first century. The advent of ageing populations may lead to increased conflict or solidarity in society, and provokes a profound ambivalence both in public and in the private...

   Published April 3rd 2011 by Routledge
10. Dementia, 4th Edition

    By David Ames, Alistair Burns, John O'Brien

    Winner of the BMA 2011 book awards: psychiatry categoryWinner of the Australian Journal of Ageing book of the year awardThis definitive work on dementia and related disorders has been fully updated and revised to reflect recent advances in this fast-moving field. The incidence of dementia...

    Published November 25th 2010 by CRC Press