About this book
Geriatric Medicine: A Person Centered Evidence Based Approach 5th Edition PDF by Michael R. Wasserman, Debra Bakerjian, Sunny Linnebur, Sharon Brangman, Matteo Cesari & Sonja Rosen is a contemporary geriatric reference built around person-centered and evidence-based care for older adults. The 5th Edition brings together interdisciplinary and interprofessional expertise, with more than forty new peer-reviewed chapters and updated coverage of clinical syndromes, chronic disease, systems of care, long-term care, and the priorities that matter to aging patients. The fifth edition emphasizes person-centered and evidence-based care for older adults, integrating basic aging science with geriatric syndromes, chronic disease, acute care, long-term care, deprescribing, multimorbidity and interprofessional practice. Its broad clinical perspective helps professionals focus not only on disease treatment but also on function, priorities and care goals that matter to older patients across healthcare settings.
Geriatric Medicine: A Person Centered Evidence Based Approach 5th Edition PDF overview
The book begins with aging science and care models before addressing common geriatric symptoms, diseases, and syndromes such as frailty, dementia, falls, pain, polypharmacy, multimorbidity, mobility loss, bone and joint disease, urinary symptoms, infection, and acute hospital care. Newer themes include deprescribing, integrated and person-centered care, age-friendly systems, team-based practice, and complex decision making. The organization emphasizes not only disease treatment but also function, quality of life, patient goals, caregiver needs, and the care environment.
What this edition covers
- Biology of aging
- Person-centered and integrated care
- Comprehensive geriatric assessment
- Frailty and multimorbidity
- Dementia and cognitive disorders
- Falls, mobility, and bone health
- Pain and symptom management
- Polypharmacy and deprescribing
- Acute, post-acute, and long-term care
- Interprofessional and age-friendly health systems
Why Geriatric Medicine: A Person Centered Evidence Based Approach 5th Edition is useful
This edition is useful for clinicians who care for older adults across settings because it treats the patient as more than a collection of diseases. The person-centered approach helps readers weigh function, cognition, medications, prognosis, living situation, goals, and caregiver support alongside conventional diagnosis and treatment. The interdisciplinary authorship also reflects the teamwork required in geriatrics, making the text relevant to physicians, nurses, pharmacists, rehabilitation professionals, and long-term-care clinicians. Updated discussion of deprescribing, multimorbidity, and care systems makes the 5th Edition particularly practical for complex real-world geriatric decisions.
Who uses this book
- Geriatricians
- Family Physicians
- Internal Medicine Physicians
- Hospitalists
- Nurses Caring for Older Adults
- Clinical Pharmacists
- Rehabilitation Professionals
- Long-Term Care Clinicians
- Geriatric Medicine Educators
Also suitable for other advanced learners and professionals who need a comprehensive reference in this subject area.
Key topics in the book
- Person-centered care
- Geriatric assessment
- Frailty
- Multimorbidity
- Dementia
- Falls
- Pain
- Polypharmacy
- Deprescribing
- Long-term care
- Age-friendly care
- Team-based care
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