Alzheimer's and Other Dementias
Author(s): Julian Hughes
Alzheimer's and other Dementias: The Facts takes a comprehensive look at the spread of dementia within the ageing population, and provides authoritative information and practical advice for sufferers, their families, and the medical professionals who care for them.
Product Information
1. Setting the scene; 2. How the brain works; 3. Defining dementia; 4. Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment; 5. Vascular dementia; 6. Dementia with Lewy bodies; 7. Frontotemporal dementias; 8. Other dementias; 9. Assessment; 10. Social approaches to living with dementia; 11. Psychological approaches to management of dementia and depression; 12. Drug treatments; 13. Spiritual, palliative, and supportive care; 14. Challenges in caring; 15. Facts and values; Glossary; Appendix 1: Useful web addresses; Appendix 2: Useful references
General Fields
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- : Oxford University Press
- : Oxford University Press
- : 0.206
- : 22 September 2011
- : 195mm X 138mm X 12mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Julian Hughes
- : Paperback
- : 616.83
- : 192
- : line drawings and black and white halftones
