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Specialty of Geriatric Medicine |
1.1 |
British Geriatrics Society - Aims and Functions (Revised 2000) |
1.2 |
BGS Strategic Review (Published 2004) |
1.3 |
Standards of Specialist Care (Revised 2003 and 2007) |
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Rehabilitation of Older People (Revised 2004) |
1.5 |
Clinical Governance and Older People (Published May 2008) |
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Ethics and Legal Issues |
2.1 |
Advance Directives (published 2005) |
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Capacity and Testamentary Capacity (updated March 2006) |
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Procedures for Compulsory Admission of Patients with Psychiatric Illness (published 2005) |
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Nutritional Advice in Common Clinical Situations (Revised 2006) |
2.6 |
Copying Letters to Patients (revised January 2008) |
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Acute Hospital Based Issues in Health Care of Older People |
3.1 |
Acute Medical Care for Elderly People (revised 2004) |
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The Older Person in the Accident and Emergency Department (Revised March 2008 ) |
3.3 |
The Discharge or transfer of care of frail older people for community health and social support (Revised May 2006) |
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Collaboration between Geriatricians and Psychiatrists of Old Age (revised November 2007) |
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Comprehensive assessment for the older frail patient in hospital (published Jun 2005) |
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Community Interface Issues in Health Care of Older People |
4.1 |
Health Promotion and Preventive Care (published 2005) |
4.2 |
Intermediate Care: Guidance for Commissioners and Providers of Health and Social Care (revised Feb 2008) |
4.3 |
The specialist health needs of older people outside an acute hospital setting (published 2005 replacing "Community Geriatrics" and "The Role of the Geriatrician in the Community) |
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Geriatric (Medical) Day Care Hospitals for older people (revised Jan 2006) |
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Falls (published July 2007) |
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Assessment of Older People for Continuing Care (published May 2005) |
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Palliative Care (published 2004, revised Sep 2006) |
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Geriatricians and the management of long term conditions (published Feb 2005) |
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Abuse of Older People (published April 2005) |
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Orthogeriatric Models of Care (published November 2007) |
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Interface between primary and secondary medical care in the new NHS in England : the care of frail older people by GPs and consultant geriatricians [replaces Guidelines for appointing General Practitioners with a Special Interest in older people] - see 4.14 for Scotland's guidelines |
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Hospital discharge of older people with cognitive impairment to care homes (published December 2006) |
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Interface between Primary and Secondary Medical Care in the new NHS in Scotland: The care of frail elderly people by GPs and Consultant Geriatricians. See 4.12 for the English guidelines |
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Training Section |
5.1 |
The Medical Undergraduate Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine (revised July 2007) |
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Curriculum in Old Age Psychiatry for Specialist Registrars in Geriatric Medicine (revised June 2005) |
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Geriatric Medicine - Reading List (revised June 2008) |
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Diploma in Geriatric Medicine (DGM) - Reading List
(published Dec 2005) |
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Training in Geriatric Medicine
(published July 2007) |
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Individual Service Specifications |
6.1 |
Parkinson's Disease (revised 2007) |
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Continence (published November 2007) |
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Stroke (published November 2007) |
