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Description for Dementia
Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMP; MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 379.
Three points must strike anyone who has embarked on a study of dementia over a period of time. Firstly, that our conception of the syndrome is in a state of flux. Gone, for instance, in the past decade or two, is the requirement of a chronic, progressive, irreversible disorder for the diag nosis. I remember the surgeon who, when I was a student, returned a referral saying he would operate on the man when his dementia got better. Feeling superior, and encouraged by the consultant psychiatrist, we students laughed a good deal at this. Before we finished clerking on that ... Read more
Three points must strike anyone who has embarked on a study of dementia over a period of time. Firstly, that our conception of the syndrome is in a state of flux. Gone, for instance, in the past decade or two, is the requirement of a chronic, progressive, irreversible disorder for the diag nosis. I remember the surgeon who, when I was a student, returned a referral saying he would operate on the man when his dementia got better. Feeling superior, and encouraged by the consultant psychiatrist, we students laughed a good deal at this. Before we finished clerking on that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401079280
SKU
V9789401079280
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Reviews for Dementia
` about the 1st edition ` .. a delight to find a single author writing to a standard suitable for consultant psychiatrists, neurologists, and geriatricians.... ' `.. an excellant book...' `..I strongly recommend it to all clinicians interested in the subject ... ... Read more