Gunhild Waldemar

Alzheimer's Disease

Herausgeber: Burns, Alistair

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 188mm x 127mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 181g
• ISBN-13: 9780198779803
• ISBN-10: 0198779801
• Artikelnr.: 47869418

Autorenporträt

Gunhild Waldemar is Director of The Danish Dementia Research Centre, in Copenhagen, and Professor of Clinical Neurology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her research interests are clinical and epidemiological research and intervention studies in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Alistair Burns is Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, at the niversity of Manchester, UK, and Honorary Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, at Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust (MMHSCT), UK. His research and clinical interests are in mental health problems of older people, particularly dementia and Alzheimer's disease. He has published over 300 papers and 25 books.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Roland Zahn and Alistair Burns: Dementia disorders: an overview
* 2: Shelley J Allen: Pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease
* 3: Chengxuan Qiu and Laura Fratiglioni: Epidemiology of Alzheimer's
disease
* 4: Alberto Lleó and Rafael Blesa: Clinical course of Alzheimer's
disease
* 5: Matthew Jones and Jennifer Thompson: Atypical Presentations of
Alzheimer's disease
* 6: Gunhild Waldemar: Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in clinical
practice
* 7: Anne A Fetherston and Julian C Hughes: Disclosing the diagnosis of
Alzheimer's disease
* 8: Krishna Chinthapalli: Pharmacological treatment of Alzheimer's
disease
* 9: Philippe Robert, Elsa Leone, Hélène Amieva and Renaud David:
Managing behavioural and psychological symptoms in Alzheimer's
disease
* 10: Louise Robinson: Caring for people with dementia towards and at
the end of life
* 11: Henry Brodaty and Katrin Seeher: Supporting the person with
dementia and the caregiver
* 12: Roy W Jones: Safety, legal issues and driving
* 13: Marcel GM Olde Rikkert, Irena Draskovic, and Myrra
Vernooij-Dassen: The planning of appropriate medical and social care
in dementia
* 14: Valeria Manera and Elsa Leone, Jennifer Thompson, Roland Zahn and
Alistair Burns, Gunhild Waldemar: Case Vignettes