Integrative Geriatric Medicine

By: Weil, Andrew

Integrative geriatrics is a new field of medicine that advocates for a whole-person, patient-centered, primarily non-pharmacological approach to medical care of the elderly. Most current geriatric practices overprescribe medications and procedures and underutilize non-pharmacological, low-cost, high-touch methods. Patients, however, often show reluctance towards these standard practices, as the interventions they rely upon are often invasive. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019046626X
• ISBN13: 9780190466268
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"