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Prevention and Chemoprophylaxis in the Elderly

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Abstract

Upon completion of the chapter, the student will be able to:

  1. 1.

    Identify the important factors involved in deciding whether primary or secondary prevention interventions should be applied to a specific disease process.

  2. 2.

    Recognize screening guidelines that are important to the geriatrics population.

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    Provide age-appropriate preventive recommendations and lifestyle counseling.

Material in this chapter is based on the following chapter in Cassel CK, Leipzig RM, Cohen HJ, Larson EB, Meier DE, eds. Geriatric Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach, 4th ed. New York: Springer, 2003: Bloom HG. Prevention, pp. 169–184. Selections edited by Emily J. Chai.

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Chai, E.J. (2007). Prevention and Chemoprophylaxis in the Elderly. In: Soriano, R.P., Fernandez, H.M., Cassel, C.K., Leipzig, R.M. (eds) Fundamentals of Geriatric Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-32326-8_8

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  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

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