The Biology of Ageing: A Practical Handbook
Autor Gurcharan Rai, Aza Abdullaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 noi 2012
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781846195563
ISBN-10: 184619556X
Pagini: 296
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.73 kg
Ediția:1 New ed.
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press
ISBN-10: 184619556X
Pagini: 296
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.73 kg
Ediția:1 New ed.
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press
Public țintă
Professional Practice & Development and Professional ReferenceCuprins
Foreword. Preface. About the editors. List of contributors. Section 1: General. Epidemiology of ageing. The concept of ageing: theories and mechanisms. The ageing cell. Section 2: The ageing systems and clinical implications. The immune system. The haematopoietic system. The cardiovascular system. The respiratory system. The gastrointestinal system. The liver. The kidneys. The urogenital system. The skin. The musculoskeletal system: bone. The musculoskeletal system: muscle. The brain. Balance and ageing. The endocrine system. Section 3: Frailty and quality of life. Frailty and ageing. Quality of life and ageing. Index.
Notă biografică
AZA ABDULLA Geriatrician and Consultant Physician Department of Elderly Care Princess Royal University Hospital South London Healthcare NHS Trust Orpington, Kent and GURCHARAN S RAI Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine Care of Older People Whittington Hospital, London
Descriere
One of the problems geriatricians are confronted with in everyday clinical practice is differentiating disease from the process of old age. The challenges of ageing require a better understanding of the essential biology of ageing in order to separate ageing from disease, and indeed ageing made worse by disease.