Amazon.com description: Product Description: This book is a practical guide to the most commonly encountered problems in geriatrics. Each chapter is of a short, quickly readable length, intended to enable the clinician to deal with the presenting patient. A case study illustrates the problem and is followed by the questions to be asked and the answers. The cases range from common problems such as dementia and incontinence to disorders of the nervous and cardiovascular systems. Also covered are rheumatic diseases, infections, and drugs. This book is intended for general physicians and general practitioners.