02282 a2200337 4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003700085040000700122041000800129072001500137072001500152072001700167072001300184072001300197072001500210072002100225072002100246072002100267072002100288072001900309100001900328245004300347250000600390260002400396300001000420520147600430700002301906999001501929184184667820250317100406.0250312042009xx eng  a9781841846675 bTaylor & FranciscGBP 155.00fBB a01 aeng7 aMKN2thema7 aMKJ2thema7 aMQCL42thema7 aMJX2bic7 aMJN2bic7 aMQCL42bic7 aMED0000002bisac7 aMED0320002bisac7 aMED0560002bisac7 aMED0570002bisac7 a616.8312bisac1 aSerge Gauthier10aManagement of Dementia, Second Edition a2 bCRC Pressc20090826 a172 p bThe second edition of Management of Dementia combines a balanced review of the latest knowledge and research in this area with practical guidance based on the authors' considerable personal experience in dementia care. Topics include: The diagnostic criteria of Parkinson’s disease dementia Approaches to combat behavioural disturbances, depression, psychosis, and agitation Suggestions for overcoming sleep disturbances An update on the many genetic findings in Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, and dementia with Lewy bodies Biological markers of Parkinson’s disease dementia Symptomatic and disease-modifying treatments, including drugs and other potential preventive or stabilizing methods Advice for managing the difficult later stages of dementia in long-term care New assessment scales Management of dementia using primary and secondary prevention Drug treatments for patients with specific causes of dementia Treatments based on an individual’s phenotypic and genetic features Directed at practitioners who want to practice evidence-based medicine without losing sight of the patient, this volumr is designed to ensure physicians are dispensing the most appropriate pharmacology while also using other non-pharmacological treatments to their optimum effect. Concise and easy to read, the book provides readers with a full knowledge of the evolution of modern dementia care as well as the basis for understanding new developments as they occur.1 aClive Ballard4A01 c1839d1839