Menopause, Postmenopause and Ageing - Couverture souple

Purdie, David W.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853156604 ISBN 13 : 9781853156601

Editeur : Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

With an increasingly ageing population, and women now tending to live longer than men, postmenopause and ageing issues are of growing importance to those working in all aspects of healthcare. The third in a series published on behalf of the British Menopause Society, this book is authored by an international team of specialists who work in women's health during and postmenopause. The book is split into three sections: Section 1: Determinants of disease Covers osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, dementia, breast, gynaecological and bowel cancers. Section 2: Common conditions Covers the pathology, effects of ageing and oestrogen levels, symptoms, impact on women's lives, who and how to investigate, drug and non-drug therapies in the following conditions: dementia, myocardial infarction, stroke, osteoporosis, arthritis, incontinence Section 3: Care of an ageing population Caring at home, providing residential care. This book is recommended to gynaecologists, general physicians, geriatricians, oncologists, cardiologists and orthopaedic surgeons, general practitioners, nurse specialists medical students and all of those involved in providing healthcare to the menopausal woman.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Margaret Rees is a Medical Gynaecologist and Reader in Reproductive Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford. Tony Mander is a practising Consultant Gynaecologist, is deputy editor of the Journal of the British Menopause Society and honorary clinical teacher in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Manchester University. Guest Editor Louis Keith is Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1853156604
• ISBN 13: 9781853156601
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 118
• Éditeur: Mander Tony, Keith Louis
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible