- Hardcover: 992 pages
- Publisher: Merck & Co Inc (19 Mar 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0911910360
- ISBN-13: 978-0911910360
- Product Dimensions: 24.7 x 17 x 3.7 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 867,004 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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With their Manual of Health and Aging, Merck Pharmaceuticals, who produce the bone-fortifying Fosomax and the arthritis drug Vioxx, have edited a clear and comprehensive reference for older adults. Dr Mark Beers begins with the age-old questions: when does a person become old and why does the body change? The remainder of this guide is divided into preventive and active care for self and others. The list of topics is a virtual everything you want to know about ageing: nutritional needs, finding a doctor, understanding tests, surgery and rehabilitation, and long-term care. More than one hundred specific medical conditions including fractures, constipation, tinnitus, dental disease and dementia are explained and cross referenced with useful details. Although a clinical explanatory model prevails, non-traditional methods such as acupuncture and homeopathy receive honourable mentions. The guide takes an unflinching look at sexuality, end-of-life decisions, and mistreatment of elderly adults. Other practical chapters are devoted to driving dilemmas and navigating the Byzantine financing of health care. This information is punctuated with essays from older adults--including a cheeky Max Sendak cartoon. The essays, along with charts, photos and illustrations help to lessen the book's encyclopaedic tone. Many older adults and the people who care for them will welcome the well-organised format and richly detailed information of this guide. --Barbara Mackoff, Amazon.com
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As more and more of the population live to old age, "The Merck Manual to Health Aging" targets the growing need for a useful source of information about later life. With explanations of how the body ages, preventative medical care and good nutrition, common disorders in older adults and how to cope with disease, the book seeks to cover what other books on aging do not.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Good coverage -- but a little dumbed down.
26 Mar 2007
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This seems to be an abridgment of all the material found in the Merck Manual home addition of relevance to aging or typical diseases of aging. It is missing some of the detail, and my guess is that there are better books for a more sophisticated older reader, including the Merck Manual itself. It is printed in relatively large type. There is an enormous quantity of common sensical repetition, such as the trope about "people tend to slow down a bit as they age". This mantra is repeated in one form or another every few pages.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Excellent reference book
5 Jun 2006
Format:Hardcover
I own an online medical supply and equipment business and am also a legal aid hotline attorney. In both capacities, I have alot of dealings with older adults and people who care for them. This comprehensive, highly informative manual belongs in the library of anyone interested in quality healthcare for seniors.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Merck Manual of Health & Aging
6 Aug 2006
Format:Paperback
An excellent general and inclusive reference. Easy to access and very clear explanations nd detail.
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