Alzheimer's disease

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This pocketbook summarises the latest understanding of the possible causes of the disease, the methods of diagnosis and assessment, and current management techniques.

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Title Statements

Full title :Alzheimer's disease / edited by Gunhild Waldemar and Alistair Burns.

Summary

This pocketbook summarises the latest understanding of the possible causes of the disease, the methods of diagnosis and assessment, and current management techniques.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017.
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780191085611, 0191085618, 0191826006, 9780191826009
oclc:ocn975487031
LC Classification:RC523
Dewey Decimal:616.831

Cover; Alzheimer's Disease; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Plate; 1 Dementia disorders: an overview; 2 Pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease; 3 Epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease; 4 Clinical course of Alzheimer's disease; 5 Atypical presentations of Alzheimer's disease; 6 Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in clinical practice; 7 Disclosing the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease; 8 Pharmacological treatment of Alzheimer's disease; 9 Managing behavioural and psychological symptoms in Alzheimer's disease; 10 Caring for people with dementia towards and at the end of life.

11 Supporting the person with dementia and the caregiver12 Safety, legal issues, and driving; 13 The planning of appropriate medical and social care in dementia; 14 Case vignettes; Index.

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Alzheimer Disease Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease -- Diagnosis Alzheimer's disease -- Patients Alzheimer's disease -- Treatment HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases Maladie d'Alzheimer Maladie d'Alzheimer -- Patients Maladie d'Alzheimer -- Traitement MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine MEDICAL -- Diseases MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine