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The Clinical Care of the Aged Person: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
edited by David G. Satin, 497 pp, $65, ISBN 0-19-505290-0, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1994.
Joseph J. Gallo, MD, MPH, Reviewer
The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health Baltimore, Md
Arch Fam Med. 1995;4(2):172.
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This book is the result of the collaboration of a formidable group of experts in the fields of geriatrics and gerontology. The chapters are grounded in an interdisciplinary course on aging taught by faculty drawn from numerous fields that touch on the care of the elderly. Many vignettes, case studies, transcripts of case conferences, and discussions among older persons themselves enliven the book. The Clinical Care of the Aged Person is meant "as a teaching tool and a source book for those working with the aged or teaching others how to do so," and admirably would serve this purpose.
The contributors cover a great deal of territory, from specific clinical disorders to the demographics and economics of aging. The chapters are organized into four sections: "Clinical Issues for the Individual" (seven chapters); "Interpersonal and Societal Issues" (six chapters); "Theoretical Issues of Interdisciplinary Education and Practice" (three chapters); and "The Interdisciplinary
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