Establishing a Geriatric Service (Paperback)

Acknowledgements.? 1 . Introduction: The Elements of a Geriatric Service?D. Coakley? 2. Assessing the Need of an Area?M.R.P. Hall? 3. Operational Policies?J. Pathy? 4. The Day Hospital?J.S. Tucker? 5. The Hospital Unit?R. Bailey? 6. Ward Furniture Equipment and Patient Clothing?J. Andrews and L. Atkinson? 7. The Efficiency and Quality of the Service?E. Woodford-Williams? 8. Attitudes, Teamwork, Co-ordination and Communication?J.T. Leeming? 9. Community Services for the Elderly?G. Schroeder and D. Coakley? 10. Developing a Psychogeriatric Service?D. Jolley, P. Smith, L. Billington, D. Ainsworth and D. Ring? 11. A Geriatric Orthopaedic Unit?R.E. Irvine? 12. Geriatric Medicine and the Computer?W.B. Wright and R.W. Canvin? 13. Establishing New Services: Canada as a Case Study?D. Robertson??14. Teaching and Research in Geriatric Medicine?J.C. Brocklehurst.? Contributors.? Glossary of Terms Relating to the UK National Health Service.? Index.