Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology

Geriatric medicine and cultural gerontology.

T.S. Eliot once proposed that there were two sorts of problems in life. One prompted the question, 'What are we going to do about it?' and the other provoked the questions, 'What does it mean? How does one relate to it?' Geriatric medicine, an eminently practical specialty, has concentrated with good effect on the former but with notable exceptions has yet to devote significant time to the latt...

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Welcome Editorial

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A Textbook of Medicine

Price's Textbook of Medicine

THERE are two types of textbook of medicine. The one deals primarily with principles and omits detail, while the other consists largely of factual information. Both types are necessary. Price's Textbook of Medicine falls into the latter category and is an excellent book of its type. The new edition is extensively rewritten and the new sections are in most cases a considerable improvement on tho...

A Textbook of Medicine