Diseases in the Elderly Age-Related Changes and Pathophysiology
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the two important issues relating to disease in elderly: the age-related changes and the pathophysiology of the diseases. The book contains 19 chapters that are arranged by organ system and structured to cove
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Diseases in the Elderly
Nages Nagaratnam • Kujan Nagaratnam Gary Cheuk
Diseases in the Elderly Age-Related Changes and Pathophysiology
Nages Nagaratnam Sydney Medical School (Westmead) The University of Sydney North Rocks Australia
Gary Cheuk Blacktown-Mt Druitt Hospital Blacktown New South Wales Australia
Kujan Nagaratnam Norwest Specialist Medical Group Bella Vista New South Wales Australia
ISBN 978-3-319-25785-3 ISBN 978-3-319-25787-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-25787-7
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The Authors
Nages Nagaratnam, OAM, MD, FRACP, FRCPA, FRCP, FACC, FCCP, is clinical associate professor at the Sydney Medical School, the University of Sydney, and was a conjoint associate professor in the School of Medicine, College of Health and Science at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. He graduated and obtained the doctorate in medicine from the University of Ceylon and was for many years consultant physician in internal medicine in Sri Lanka and senior physician at the General Hospital, Colombo, the premier teaching hospital. He is a founding fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of Sri Lanka and was president of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Section A. In Australia he was consultant physician in geriatric and internal medicine at the Blacktown-Mt Druitt and Westmead Hospitals. He has a lifelong commitment to training and guiding the careers of generations of young doctors. He has authored more than 200 scientific publications in both national and international journals. His interests spanned many fields of medicine with continuous clinical research throughout his career. In the last two decades his intere
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