by Gale
Overview
The Gale Encyclopedia Of Senior Health: A Guide For Seniors And Their Caregivers, 2nd edition, is a four-color, five-volume set of over 650 entries and presents authoritative, comprehensive information on all aspects of senior health. Entries follow the format of Gale health/medicine titles and cover a variety of issues related to aging: diseases/conditions; treatment, rehabilitation, and recovery; aging, general health, and death/dying; preventative lifestyle choices; and community and caregiving options. Over 400 tables and illustrations, a new foreword and thematic outline, a glossary, a list of organizations, and an index complete the set.
Features and Benefits
- The set’s 664 entries are written by medical writers and healthcare professionals.
- Over 400 images, including approximately 250 color photos and nearly 200 tables/charts/illustrations/graphs, illustrate the set.
- Key Terms sidebars provide definitions to specialized vocabulary used within the text.
- Questions to Ask Your Doctor sidebars encourage readers to discuss specific concerns about diagnosis, treatment, and care with their healthcare providers.
- Special concerns for seniors sections inform readers about specific issues relevant to seniors in entries explaining broader health topics.
- A list of organizations, a glossary of all key terms, and an index in the back matter guide readers to additional health/support resources, offer a comprehensive definition of key terms, and allow for searchability within the set.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781573027465 | |
| Publisher: | Gale Group | |
| Publication date: | 07/10/2015 | |
| Series: | Gale Encyclopedia of Senior Health |
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