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This list of reference books, journals and other forms of educational material is not meant to be exhaustive and all inclusive but merely a guide to some of the publications relevant to Geriatric Medicine which consultants, GPs, registrars and other trainees might find useful.

1. Journals
2. Textbooks (General, Specialist Areas: Cancer and Palliative; Cardiology; Continence; Continuing Care; Dermatology; Diabetes and Endocrinology; Elder Abuse; Falls and Syncope; Gastroenterology; Infection; Intermediate Care, Community Geriatric Medicine and Day Hospital; Management, Ethics and Law; Neurology; Orthogeriatrics; Pain; Pharmacology; Psychiatry of Old Age; Radiology; Rehabilitation; Research, Audit and Stats; Respiratory; Stroke; Surgery and Anaesthesia)
3. Elearning and CD ROMS
4. Reports in Specialist Areas

 1. Journals

Age and Ageing

Age and Society

Gerontology

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Journal of American Geriatrics Society

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Journal of Gerontology

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

2. Textbooks

Continuing Care

Care of the Long Stay Elderly Patient. Denham 3rd Ed 1996 ISBN 0412606704

Dermatology

Diagnosis of Aging Skin Diseases.  Normal RA. 2007. ISBN-13  978-1846286773

NICE clinical guideline 7.  Pressure relieving devices 2003

NICE clinical guideline 29.  Pressure Ulcer management 2005

Skin Diseases in Old Age. Marks 2nd Ed 1999 ISBN 1853172278

Diabetes and Endocrinology

Diabetes in the Elderly. Sinclair 2nd ed 2000 ISBN 0471490105

Endocrinology of Ageing. Morley, van den Berg 2000 ISBN 0896037568

Elder Abuse

Crime, Abuse and the Elderly. Brogden and Nihar 2000 ISBN 1903240026

Elder abuse: concepts, theories and interventions. Bennett and Kingston 1993 ISBN 0412453104

Elder Abuse: critical issues in policy and practice. Eds Slater, Eastman 1999 ISBN-10 0862422485

Elder Abuse in Perspective. Biggs, Phillipson and Kingston 1995. ISBN 0335191460

The Mistreatment of Elderly People. Eds Decalmer, Glendenning 2nd ed 1997. ISBN 0761952624

Falls and Syncope

Falls in Older people-Prevention and management. Tideiksaar 3rd Ed 2002 ISBN 1878812440

Falls in Older People. Lord, Sherrington. 2nd Ed 2006 ISBN 9780511059537

NICE clinical guideline CG 21. Falls. 2004

Reducing Falls in an Acute General Hospital . Barnett 2002 In Shaw T and Sanders K eds Foundation of Nursing Studies Dissemination Series Vol 1 No 1

Syncope and falls in the Older Patient. Kenny RA, 1996 ISBN 0412568101

Syncope: Mechanisms and Management. Grubb BP 2nd Ed 2005 ISBN 1405122072

The Evaluation and Treatment of Syncope; A handbook of clinical practice Benditt, Blanc, Brignole, Sutton 2nd Ed 2006 ISBN 1405140305

Gastroenterology

Geriatric Nutrition. The Health Professional’s Handbook. Chernoff 2000 ISBN 0834210827

Infection

Infectious Disease in the Aging. A Clinical Handbook. Yoshikawa MM, Norman DC 2001.  ISBN-13: 978-1603275330

Infections in Elderly People. MacLennan 1994 ISBN 0340559330

Infections in the Elderly Michael J. Denham 1986 ISBN 13: 9780852008003

Intermediate Care, Community Geriatric Medicine and Day Hospital

Integrating Care for Older People. New care for old –a systems approach. Foote and Stanners 2002 ISBN 184310010X

Management

New Completely Revised Understanding Organisations.  Handy 2005 ISBN 10: 0713997796

Medical Ethics and Law

Assessment of Mental Capacity Guidance for Doctors and Lawyers.  BMA 2nd Ed 2004 ISBN 072796718

BMA Guidance: The Mental Capacity Act 2005 - Guidance for health professionals

Biomedical Ethics. Glannon. 2004 ISBN 0195144317

Ethical Issues in Dementia Care; Making Difficult Decisions. Eds Hughes J, Baldwin C 2006. ISBN 1843103575

Ethical Patient Care: A Casebook for Geriatric Health Teams. Mezey MD, Cassel CK, Hyer K, Howe JL, Fulmer TT 2002 ISBN 0801867703

Healthcare Law. Montgomery 2nd Ed 2003 ISBN 0198765746

Introduction to Medical Law. Marquand 2001 ISBN 0750642394

Law and Medical Ethics. Mason et al 7th Ed 2005 ISBN 9780199282395

Lecture notes on Medical Law and Ethics. Howard P, Bogle J. 2004 ISBN 1405118687

Medical Ethics and the Elderly a Practical Guide. Rai 2nd Ed 2004 ISBN 9057024039

Medical Ethics Today. The BMA’s handbook of Ethics and Law. 2nd Ed 2004 ISBN 0727917447 (2007 updates available in pdf format at www.bma.org.uk)

Witholding and Withdrawing Life-prolonging Medical Treatment. Guidance for decision making. BMA books 3rd ed 2007 ISBN-13 978-1405159579

Neurology

Delirium in Old Age. McDonald A, Lilndesay J, Rockwood K. 2002  ISBN-13: 978-0192632753

NICE clinical guideline 35. Parkinson’s disease: diagnosis and management in primary and secondary care. 2006

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. Eds Wolters Van Laar and Berendse
ISBN-13: 978-9086591503

Parkinson’s Disease and Parkinsonism in the Elderly. Meara, Koller 2000 ISBN- 13: 978-0521628846

Parkinson's Disease In Practice. Clarke 2nd edition 2007. ISBN-13: 9781853157455

Parkinson’s Disease in the Older Patient. Playfer, Hindle  2nd edition 2008 ISBN-13:978 184619 114 5
 
Queen Square Neurological Rehabilitation Series: Neurological rehabilitation of Parkinson’s Disease. Playford 2003 ISBN 1841842974

Orthogeriatrics

Geriatric Orthopaedics: Rehabilitative Management of Common Problems Goldstein 2nd Ed 1999 ISBN 0834210762

NICE technology appraisal 87.  Osteoporosis – secondary prevention  2005

The Care of Patients with Fragility Fracture. British Orthopaedic Association 2007

Pain

The assessment of pain in older people – British Pain Society and British Geriatrics Society 2007.

Pain in Older People. Eds Crome P, Lally F, Main CJ. 2007.  ISBN-13: 978-0199212613

Pharmacology

Drug Therapy in Old Age. George, Woodhouse, Denham, McLennan 1998 ISBN 0471941492

Practical handbook for Geriatric Prescribing. Eds Jackson, Jansen and Mangoni May 2008 ISBM-13 978-0470024287

Psychiatry of Old Age

Diagnosis and Management of Dementia. Wilcock, Bucks, Rockwood 1999. ISBN 0192628224

Everything You need to Know about Old Age Psychiatry. Howard 1999 ISBN 1871816386

Practical Management of Dementia. Curran C, Wattis JP.  2004. ISBN 13: 978-1857759310

Practical Psychiatry of Old Age. Curranc, Wattis JP. 2001. ISBN 13: 9781857757965

Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry. Copeland, Abou-Saleh, Blazer DG 2002 ISBN 0471981974

Psychiatry in the Elderly. Jacoby, Oppenheimer ed 2002 ISBN 0198515634

The Oxford Textbook of Old Age Psychiatry (2008) Editors: Jacoby R,
Oppenheimer C, Dening T, and Thomas A. Oxford ISBN: 978-0199298105

Radiology

Textbook on Diagnostic Imaging in the Elderly. Impallomeni et al 2000 ISBN 1899066888

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation of the Older Person – A Handbook for the Interdisciplinary Team. Squires, Hastings 3rd Ed 2002 ISBN 0748754709

Research, Audit and Statistics

Clinical Governance a Guide to Implementation for Healthcare Professionals. McSherry and Pearce 2001 ISBN 0632058013

Evidence Based Practice- a critical appraisal. Trinder and Reynolds 2000 ISBN 0632050586

How to Read a Paper – The basis of evidence based medicine. Greenhalgh 2004 ISBN 072795789

Measurement Scales used in Elderly Care. Abhaya Gupta (Foreword by Jeremy Playfer and Bim Bhowmick OBE). Radcliffe Publishing Ltd 2008 ISBN-10: 1 84619 266 8; ISBN-13: 9781846192661

Principles of Best practice in Clinical Audit. National Institute for Clinical Effectiveness (NICE) 2002 ISBN 1857759761

Statistics at Square One. Campbell and Swinscow 10th Ed 2002 ISBN 0727915525

Respiratory

Respiratory Diseases in the Elderly Patient. Connolly 1996 ISBN 0412568306

Stroke

National Clinical Guideline for Stroke.  2nd edition. RCP 2004  ISBN 9781860162084

NICE clinical guideline  Acute Stroke and TIA expected July 2008

Stroke. A Practical Guide to Management. Warlow et al 3rd Ed 2008 ISBN 0632054182

Stroke Care. A Practical Manual. Harwood RH, Huwez F, Good D. 2005. ISBN-13: 978-0198529736

Stroke Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management. Barnett HM, Mohr, Stein, Yatsu, 3rd Ed 1998 ISBN-13: 978-0443075513

Stroke Syndromes. Bogousslavsky, Caplan 2nd Ed 2001 ISBN 0521771420

Stroke –facts. Lindley RI. 2008. ISBN-13: 9780199212729

Surgery and Anaesthesia

Principles and Practice of Geriatric Surgery. Rosenthal, Zenilman, Katlic 2001 ISBN 0387983937

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3. E Learning and CD Roms

Bladder problems in Adults. CD Rom Interactive Training Programme. Kiss of Life Multimedia Ltd

Depression and Dementia in Older People. CD Rom Interactive Training Programme. Kiss of Life Multimedia Ltd.

Falls and Bone Health. CD Rom Interactive Training Programme. Kiss of Life Multimedia Ltd

“Off His Legs” CD Rom Interactive Training Programme. Kiss of Life Multimedia Ltd

Doctors.Net at www.doctors.net.uk has an E Learning CME section with over 100 learning topics (all subjects and specialties) and is free to register.

The Merck Manual online at www.merck.com has information on older people and ageing which may be useful.

The National Institute of Clinical Excellence www.nice.org.uk has produced a number of useful guidelines applicable to older people.

The Modernising Medical Careers website www.mmc.nhs.uk has information on the rapidly changing situation of medical career pathways.

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4. Reports in Specialist Areas

A new ambition for old age: Next steps in implementing the National Service Framework for Older People

Adding Life to Years – Annual Report 2002-3. NHS Scotland 2003 ISBN 0755908236

Adding Life to Years – Report of the Expert Group on Healthcare of Older People. NHS Scotland 2003 ISBN 0755908236

Audit commission. The coming of age: improving care services for older people. London : Audit Commission 1997.

Clinical Standards Advisory Group. Community health care for older people. A committee report. J Clark ed. London : Stationery Office 1998.

Department of Health. National Service Framework for Older People. London . DOH,2001

Department of Health. Shaping the Future NHS: Long Term Planning for Hospitals and Related Services. Consultation on the Findings of the National Beds Enquiry. 2000

Effective practice in rehabilitation: the evidence of systematic reviews. Sinclair, Dickinson London : Kings Fund Publishing 1998.

Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians. Medical Aspects of Intermediate Care: Report of a Working Party. 2002

Joint Working Party. The health care of older people in care homes. Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of Nursing and British Geriatrics Society. 2000 ISBN 1860161375

Osteoporosis: Clinical guidelines update. Working party Report. Royal College of Physicians and Bone and Tooth Society of Great Britain . 2004

Principles of Pain Control in Palliative Care for Adults. A Working Party Report. Royal
College of Physicians 2000

Royal College of Physicians. Management of the older medical patient. The interface between general (internal) medicine and geriatric medicine. 2000 ISBN 1860161308

Royal College of Physicians. National Clinical Guidelines for Stroke. Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit. 2nd ed 2004 ISBN 186016120

Royal Commission on the funding of long term care with respect to old age: long term care – rights and responsibilities. London: Stationery Office, 1999

Specialist Equipment Services for Disabled People- The need for change. Royal College of Physicians and Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine. 2004

The Health and Well-being of Older People in Scotland – insights from national data. NHS Scotland, Information and Statistics Division 2001 ISBN 1841340006

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