The aim of these short notes is to provide the newcomer to the
speciality of geriatrics with a wide though not exhaustive
differential diagnosis of most of the commonly encountered symptoms
in the elderly, and to draw particular attention tothe common and
important disorders. The common causes of symptoms and the common
dis eases as well as certain features which have special importance
to the medicine of the elderly are emphasized. A final section on
investigations (with short notes) which one may employ in the
practice of geriatric medicine is included along with an appendix
of normal values for the elderly. In our view this book does not
show how geriatric medicine is practised but it does provide an
outline of clinical aspects of medicine (geriatrics), knowledge of
which is essential to the practice of ger iatrics. G.S.R. V.P.
Foreword I take the view that if vitality is reduced to the extent
that it interferes with life as the old person would wish to live
it, then a proper medical assessment should be made as part of the
overall appraisal of that person's problems. The provision of a
home help or the meals on wheels service cannot be expected to
revitalize the person suffering from hypothroidism or pernicious
anaemia In the event both medical treatment and social support may
be needed and to provide one without the other would be half
measures."
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