Roles of specialists in psychogeriatrics

Qualitative research in psychogeriatrics.

Over the past twenty years, qualitative research has gained recognition as a useful approach to scientific inquiry on issues related to health and health care, including those of particular interest to psychogeriatrics. This is evidenced not only by the inclusion of health-related qualitative reports in exclusively qualitative publications but also by their acceptance in venues that have tradit...

The Various Roles of Oncology Nurse Specialists: An International Perspective

Ilana Kadmon, PhD, RN was for many years a nurse specialist in Breast Cancer at Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. From 2016, she started the role of a nurse academic consultant at the nursing division at Hadassah. Her PhD is from The University of Edinburgh, UK. Her research involved psychosocial aspects of breast cancer, and the role of the breast care nurse (BCN). She was a pioneer ...

Psychogeriatrics--an interdisciplinary specialty.

The sources of knowledge in psychogeriatrics.

Whether called psychogeriatrics, old-age psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, geriatric psychology, or mental health of the elderly, the clinical disciplines focusing on the mental health problems of older individuals are increasingly becoming recognized as subspecialties of their parent disciplines. Although the rate at which this is occurring is variable, interest is spreading worldwide and will...

Psychogeriatrics and the neo-epidemiologists

A generation later, this verdict is difficult to reconcile with the widespread concern aroused by the lengthening human life-span. In retrospect, it is significant that the WHO report barely mentioned the epidemiological contribution to its subject-matter. Times have changed. The epidemiological perspective has now become indispensable not only for the psychiatrist concerned with the assessment...