The Merck Manual Of Health Aging

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Home reference manual for older people and those who care about them.

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Discusses physiologic changes of normal aging and the clinical aspects of caring for the elderly patient. Also covers cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, hematologic musculoskeletal, metabolic and endocrine, neurologic, psychiatric, skin, eye, and ear, nose and throat disorders as well as infectious diseases, in the elderly.

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