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Geriatric Medicine and Old Age Psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 April 2024

By
Rob Wears
Edited by
George Tadros  and
George Crowther
George Tadros
Affiliation:
Aston University, Birmingham
George Crowther
Affiliation:
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds
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Summary

Geriatric medicine has been defined as ‘a branch of general internal medicine that is concerned with the clinical, preventative, remedial and social aspects of illness in old age. The challenges of frailty, complex comorbidity, different patterns of disease presentation, slower response to treatment and requirements for rehabilitation or social support require special medical skills’ (1). Geriatric medicine is one of the largest specialties in the United Kingdom (2). The original pioneers of geriatric medicine in the 1940s demonstrated the value of specialised assessment of older adults and defined the problems most often faced by this group of patients. The ‘geriatric giants’ of instability, immobility, incontinence, intellectual impairment and memory loss, and impaired independence (3) form the basis of the required specialty’s skill.

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Handbook of Old Age Liaison Psychiatry , pp. 1 - 8
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Introduction
  • Edited by George Tadros, Aston University, Birmingham, George Crowther, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds
  • Book: Handbook of Old Age Liaison Psychiatry
  • Online publication: 04 April 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108292252.001
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  • Introduction
  • Edited by George Tadros, Aston University, Birmingham, George Crowther, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds
  • Book: Handbook of Old Age Liaison Psychiatry
  • Online publication: 04 April 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108292252.001
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  • Introduction
  • Edited by George Tadros, Aston University, Birmingham, George Crowther, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds
  • Book: Handbook of Old Age Liaison Psychiatry
  • Online publication: 04 April 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108292252.001
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